Alexander Clapp’s “Waste Wars” tells the story of how trash from wealthy countries began traveling across borders, aided by ...

MEADE COUNTY, Ky. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is calling this multi-year bird flu outbreak the largest animal health emergency in U.S. history.

Tovrea Castle, also known as the “Wedding Cake House” (because apparently, someone thought, “You know what this desert needs?

H5N1, a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza known as bird flu, continues to wreak havoc on the nation’s egg farms. In just the last month, more than 21.2 million egg-laying hens — about 7 ...