Northeastern farmers face new challenges with severe drought
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Vermont farmer Brian Kemp is used to seeing the pastures at Mountain…
Do videos show ivory-billed woodpecker, or is it extinct?
NEW ORLEANS — The federal government has been asked to consider at least two videos made in…
Polio detected in NYC's sewage, suggesting virus circulating
This 2014 illustration made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts…
Ruling clouds future of southeast Alaska king salmon fishery
SEATTLE — A federal court ruling this week has thrown into doubt the future of a valuable…
Life gradually returns a year after fire chars Sierra Nevada
LONE PINE, Calif. — The flames fade away. Firefighters extinguish the last embers. A final…
Michigan: Company released industrial chemicals into water
WIXOM, Mich. — An auto trim maker violated the law after releasing industrial chemicals into a…
Beluga whale lost in French river euthanized during rescue
PARIS — A beluga whale that became a French celebrity after a wrong turn took it up the Seine…
'El Jefe' the jaguar, famed in US, photographed in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — They call him “El Jefe,” he is at least 12 years old and his crossing of the…
1st sea turtle nest found on Mississippi beach since 2018
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. — Beach crews have found the first sea turtle nest on the Mississippi…