A new study adds to a growing list of some 1,500 animal species in which same-sex sexual behaviour is documented. Interest in this research is expanding after a long history of stigma within the field that led some earlier scientists to withhold evidence of same-sex sexual behaviour among animals. Mongabay correspondent Swati Thapa reports
The study of animals has always been a point of curiosity for many scientists across disciplines and has contributed to our understanding of the world. While many scientists in evolutionary biology have questioned different animal behaviors, same-sex sexual behavior in animals is a topic that is seeing increasing interest. This growing field of research has […]
The main ingredient in Monsanto’s pesticide Roundup (purchased by Bayer in 2018) is a chemical called glyphosate. Glyphosate has been around since the 1970s and has been marketed as being able to kill nearly every weed, without causing harm to people or the rest of the environment.
In 2014, Dewayne Johnson was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (a cancer of the lymphatic system). In 2015, the World Health Organization, or WHO, classified glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen. Johnson had worked as a school groundskeeper in Vallejo, regularly spraying Roundup and other glyphosate-containing pesticides. In 2018, Johnson was awarded $289 million (later reduced to $78 million) in a court case against Monsanto, as the jury found that Monsanto had been acting with “malice and oppression.” Monsanto has long insisted that Roundup is safe to use, even though the company had allegedly long been aware of the possible link to cancer.