Scientists tap ‘secret’ fresh water under ocean, raising hopes for a thirsty world
ABOARD LIFTBOAT ROBERT, North Atlantic — Deep in Earth’s past, an icy landscape became a seascape as the…
Drones blasting AC/DC and Scarlett Johansson are helping biologists protect cattle from wolves
“With what? I can’t talk to people?” co-star Adam Driver shouts back. Gray wolves were hunted nearly to…
Brazil’s soybean moratorium pause raises deforestation concerns
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A move in Brazil to suspend a soybean moratorium has scientists and environmentalists warning…
Drones blasting AC/DC, Scarlett Johannson help biologists protect cattle from wolves
For millennia humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn’t have drones.…
Biologists use drones blasting music and voices to keep wolves away from livestock
For millennia humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn’t have drones.…
Climate change made deadly wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus more fierce, study finds
ATHENS, Greece — Climate change that has driven scorching temperatures and dwindling rainfall made massive wildfires in Turkey,…
The Colorado River is in trouble. Some groups want the government to step up
LOS ANGELES — Earlier this year, several environmental groups sent a petition to the federal government with a…
Great white sharks head north, following seals and alarming beachgoers
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Rick Clough spent some four decades fishing for lobsters and sea urchins off the Maine…
Great white sharks are going to Maine and Canada to eat seals
SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — Rick Clough spent some four decades fishing for lobsters and sea urchins off the…
Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ faces closure after judge’s ruling to shutdown within 2 months
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has put a stop to further expansion of the immigration detention…
Coastal communities restoring marshes, dunes, reefs to protect against rising seas
In San Francisco Bay, salt ponds created more than a century ago are reverting to marshland. Along the…
Deer hunter spots rare subtropical wood stork in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A very rare and apparently very confused subtropical wood stork somehow found its way…