BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A global mercury conference in Geneva faced sharp criticism Friday from environmental and Indigenous groups for failing to take stronger steps against mercury use in ...

A small, leafy, green peanut plant grows out of a patch of dirt. When David McLagan’s team sampled mercury isotopes in cassava, maize, and peanut crops (like the one shown here) grown downwind of a ...

A drill echoes through narrow tunnels deep within the mountain where miner Hugo Flores bores into rock in search of one of Earth’s most toxic elements. Buried in red stripes of minerals illuminated by ...

Gold-mining equipment operates in water near a river bank with trees in the background. Illegal gold mining along the Madre de Dios River near Puerto Maldonado in the Amazon River basin of Peru.

Team USA faced Spain in the gold medal game, and Taurasi and her teammates picked up a 101-72 win. The Mercury legend had 17 ...

Miners in Mexico's Sierra Gorda are experiencing a "mercury boom" as international gold prices rise. This surge in the demand for the toxic metal, used in illegal gold mining, is benefiting local ...

Gold is having its best year since 1979. Gold futures traded in New York have soared almost 71% this year, on pace for their ...

SAN JOAQUIN, Mexico — A drill echoes through narrow tunnels deep within the mountain where miner Hugo Flores bores into rock in search of one of Earth’s most toxic elements. Buried in red stripes of ...