Environment

BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say the world's permafrost is getting warmer, with temperatures increasing by an average of 0.3 degrees...

DALLAS (AP) — Researchers say a pack of wild canines found frolicking near the beaches of the Texas Gulf Coast...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Antarctica is melting more than six times faster than it did in the 1980s, a new study...

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

According to a new study published in the journal Science, oceans around the globe are heating up 40 percent faster...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon wildlife officials have started killing sea lions that threaten a fragile run of winter steelhead...

JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Joshua Tree National Park will temporarily close this week so officials can address...

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

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Heavy rains that brought additional pollution downstream last year contributed to the first decline in a...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Researchers with an environmental group have labeled as "disturbingly low" the number of western monarch butterflies...

PHILLIPS STATION, Calif. (AP) — Winter storms have blanketed California's Sierra Nevada in snow, but the drought-prone state is still...

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hungry pandas don't particularly care whether there's a partial government shutdown. ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Two more Puget Sound orcas are ailing and probably will be dead by summer, according an expert...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Human feces, overflowing garbage, illegal off-roading and other damaging behavior in fragile areas were beginning to overwhelm...

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

In 2018, we had the pleasure of interviewing many organizations that are transforming communities across the US. We celebrate...

SHASTA LAKE, Calif. (AP) — A trio of salamander species in Northern California could complicate a controversial $1.4 billion public...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan announced Wednesday that it is leaving the International Whaling Commission to resume commercial hunts for the...

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

SEATTLE (AP) — The federal government is violating the Endangered Species Act by failing to consider how salmon fishing off...

Depending on carbon emissions in the future, a new report by researchers at the University of Maryland Center found...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California moved Friday to eliminate climate-changing fossil fuels from its fleet of 12,000 transit buses, enacting...

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