Environment

Over the past 20 years, Americans have been twice as likely to sweat through record-breaking heat rather than shiver through...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina and California have little in common politically, but the Golden State's laws are protecting...

In the last two decades, tornadoes in the southern region of the U.S. have grown in numbers and in intensity....

Jon White, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, discusses the importance of cultivating aquatic species...

BERLIN (AP) — From the South Pacific to the edge of the Arctic Circle, students mobilized by word of mouth...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth is sick with multiple and worsening environmental ills killing millions of people yearly, a new U.N....

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some chimpanzee groups are stone-throwers. Some use rocks to crack open tree nuts to eat. Others use...

Theresa Pierno, President & CEO of the National Parks Conservation Association, discusses how citizens can be instrumental in preserving and...

Recent evidence has indicated that agriculture is suffering from an increase in salt in the fields brought on by extreme...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For decades, there were tales from fishermen and tourists, even lots of photos, of a mysterious killer...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — On a winter morning, Ace hopped into the squad car with handler Edward Ratliff. This was...

In this collaboration with WHUT - Howard University Television, host Mark Oppenheim interviews nonprofit leaders from the Washington D.C. region...

VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) — The science vessel of British-based Nekton Mission arrived in the Seychelles on Friday to begin the...

A new survey that takes into account data from the July to October 2018 revealed that elephant ivory poaching is...

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Experts were working Tuesday to determine the cause of an increase in dolphin strandings along...

Leaders from nonprofits in Alaska, Minnesota, Texas and Washington D.C. discuss the important work that they do to strengthen their...

A project funded by Bill and Melinda Gates is researching the outcomes of engineering gene mutations within mosquitos that prevent...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A living member of species of tortoise not seen in more than 110 years and feared...

RIMINI, Mont. (AP) — Every day many millions of gallons of water loaded with arsenic, lead and other toxic metals...

Hanna Klemm, Farm Manager of the Bemidji Community Food Shelf, discusses the success and impact of the farm project on...

Under pressure from Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it would move toward setting safety limits for a...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An already sizable expansion project at the Lincoln Children's Zoo is growing even bigger after donations...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government outlined an ambitious, potentially costly new plan to restore Atlantic salmon in the...

Mary Mitchell, Executive Director of the Bemidji Community Food Shelf, discusses the significant moment in history that inspired the creation...