The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals ...

U.S. Supreme Court will hear challenge to bans on participation of transgender athletes, with far-reaching implications.

Iowa City leaders say the city is looking to request a professional sharpshooting season as deer numbers are rising to four ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster today unveiled his Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027, which invests more than $1 billion in South Carolina's roads, cuts the income tax, strengthens ...

The next U.S. census is four years away, but two lawsuits playing out this year could affect how the head count will be done ...

Pender County is changing in more ways than one. Here's a by-the-numbers look at where the county stands today and where it ...

One in four people globally live in a country whose population has already peaked in size. 11 July 2024 - According to the World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results published today, it is ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. NPR's series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing ...

A gray wolf captured on a game camera approaching a bull in June of 2023. (Tina Saitone and Ken Tate / UC Davis) Motion-activated field cameras, GPS collars, wolf scat analysis and cattle tail hair ...

Andrew J Tatem works for the University of Southampton, and is Director of WorldPop. His research on mapping populations has been funded by donors such as the Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust, GAVI.

Oregon's population resumed growth in 2024 after a decline between 2021 and 2022. Central Oregon counties experienced significant population increases, while Curry County saw one of the largest ...