Environment

Illegal Marijuana operations hiding in national forests are poisoning water and wildlife, according to investigators and researchers....

MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (AP) — Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An estimated 45 million people are threatened with hunger due to a severe drought that is strangling...

Julie Borgmann, Executive Director of the Red-Tail Land Conservancy, discusses protecting areas where animals, plants, and people can thrive and...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For much of the United States, invasive grass species are making wildfires more frequent, especially in fire-prone...

Air pollution levels reached new dangerous levels this month in India, leading many to end up in emergency rooms and...

A new study published earlier this week in the journal Nature Communications estimated that by 2050, coastal areas around the...

In this collaboration with WIPB at Ball State University, host Mark Oppenheim interviews nonprofit leaders from East Central Indiana and...

According to new research from the University of Minnesota and Oxford University published in the journal Proceedings of the National...

NPR reports that concerns are growing over whether the ever-expanding cannabis industry is contributing to air pollution through terpenes, the...

For the first time ever, recycled plastics cost more than first-use plastic material, according to The Guardian. This could pose...

Liz Hudson, Owner of Hudson Farms, discusses how farms and those involved in agriculture can provide invaluable knowledge to organizations....

Scientists say fossils found in Morocco suggest the practice of forming orderly lines may date back 480 million years and...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have discovered a mash-up of two feared disasters — hurricanes and earthquakes — and they're calling...

The federal government has been trying for decades to save the northern spotted owl, a native bird that sparked an...

Don Cameron, President of the California State Board of Food and Agriculture, discusses how the board is employing funds to...

THE DALLES, Ore. (AP) — Two Pacific Northwest tribes on Monday demanded the removal of three major hydroelectric dams on...

Countless studies have shown links between good mental health and green, natural spaces, and on the opposite end, links between...

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A furnace-like "flash drought" is intensifying as it blasts away the little moisture left across a...

In this collaboration with ValleyPBS, host Mark Oppenheim interviews nonprofit leaders from California's Central Valley and discuss the work they...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The federal government said Tuesday it will remove the Kirtland's warbler from its list of...

PHOENIX (AP) — While your local pound works to find forever homes for many cats, dogs and other animals, volunteering...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s northern fur seal population for three decades has been classified as depleted, but the marine...

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