The bodies of three of four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing last week in Lithuania were found Monday after their armored vehicle sank into a peat bog during training. The Army said the soldiers' ...

Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the Earth's carbon dioxide. But even as scientists work to better understand bogs' sequestration, the wetlands are under threat. On a cold winter afternoon, ...

A wildlife trust needs to raise an additional £25,000 if it is to realise a plan to bring in beavers to revive a bog of ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Anna North about her novel "Bog Queen," in which a modern investigator is called to examine a body found in a British bog.

Food, machinery and raw materials—Marshall Plan aid from the U.S.—is unloading on the docks of western Europe. What difference does it make? One close-up answer can be found in the town of Nijverdal ...

The first comprehensive survey of a 7,000-year-old burial tradition reveals an often violent final ritual. The skull of Porsmose Man, who was 35 to 40 years old when he was killed with bone arrows ...

The latest chemistry news, including important research advances, business and policy trends, chemical safety practices, career guidance, and more. A new paper in PLOS Biology (DOI: ...

Tuberculosis Research Section scientists collapse in the bog after a long day collecting sphagnum core samples at Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Maine. Front: Clif Barry (Left), Jessica ...

Dear Master Gardener: What’s a good replacement product for peat when I make or purchase potting mixes? Why shouldn’t we use peat products anymore? Are there any peat bogs in Minnesota? Answer: ...