Trump and some GOP states aim to limit pollution rules
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Some Republican legislators are looking to restrict their states’ ability to set environmental regulations,…
Animal behaviorists help save endangered rhino with unique eyedrop plan
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Corralling a wild rhinoceros into a small chute to give it eyedrops…
Surprise shark sighting in Antarctica’s near-freezing deep
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too…
California mountain lions are now considered ‘threatened,’ but only in certain regions
Just weeks after a mountain lion wandered into San Francisco, state officials voted to permanently protect populations of…
US looks to roll back shipping rules designed to protect vanishing right whale
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S.’s ocean regulator plans to make industry-friendly changes to a longstanding rule designed…
Short rainy seasons are killing Kenyan livestock
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Drought conditions have left over 2 million people facing hunger in parts of Kenya,…
Trump to gut US climate change policy and environmental regulations
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is expected this week to revoke a scientific finding that long has…
Record snow drought in Western US raises concern for water shortages and wildfires
A record snow drought with unprecedented heat is hitting most of the American West, depleting future water supplies,…
French artist finds happiness drawing spectators at his 17th Olympics in Cortina
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — There was only one person in the crowd at a luge event for the…
Animals dying in Kenya as drought conditions leave many hungry
KAMPALA, Uganda — Drought conditions have left over 2 million people facing hunger in parts of Kenya, with…
In the Arctic, the black carbon threat is overshadowed by geopolitical tensions
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — As rising global temperatures speed up the melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean,…
Storm Leonardo slams Spain and Portugal, leaving 1 dead and a girl missing
MADRID (AP) — A man died from rising floodwaters in Portugal, while a girl remained missing after she…