Dust storms, heavy rain, and lightning have damaged homes and killed at least 96 people in northern India.

Environmental groups say the expected closure of a detention center in the Florida Everglades is linked to their lawsuit.

Two bald eagle hatchlings have been spotted in a Chicago park in what experts believe is a first for the Windy City in more than a century.

Colombia's Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta wetland is facing an environmental crisis due to an invasive plant native to Asia.

The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put public lands conservation on equal footing with development.

President Donald Trump is moving to suspend the federal tax on gasoline to help Americans shoulder surging fuel prices caused by the Iran war.

Use of electric vehicles in Africa is surging, led by Ethiopia, as soaring prices and fuel shortages compel countries to opt for cleaner and cheaper transport.

Brazil is on track to record its lowest Amazon deforestation rates since 2012.

David Attenborough, the world’s most famous wildlife presenter, is celebrating his 100th birthday on Friday.

Global warming extinctions usually have people picturing the last polar bears or other furry critters disappearing.

A clean energy group says the Pentagon is holding up the development of more than 250 new onshore wind farms on private lands by failing to complete its national security reviews.

The Trump administration plans to weaken some Biden-era limits on "forever chemicals" in drinking water.

A renter-friendly pilot program in New York City is aiming to reduce strain on the power grid while helping customers with power bills.

Faith leaders in Southern California are uniting after devastating twin wildfires that hit the region in January 2025 causing unprecedented losses.

Powerful storms that spawned at least three tornadoes tore through several Mississippi counties.

A new report reveals European companies have taken a third of the Indian Ocean's tropical tuna catch.

Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to figure out if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise.

Kelp, a kind of seaweed, can be used in biofuels that one day could power ships and aircraft.

Venezuela insists a mineral-rich region of Guyana was “fraudulently” taken in the 19th century.

A late spring snowstorm has started to taper off in Colorado after closing schools, delaying flights and creating slushy conditions for commuters.

Tree cover globally cools nearly half the warming from built-up cities, but it’s doing it more in richer, cooler areas and less in hotter poorer areas where it’s needed most.

A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship that visited Antarctica has highlighted a growing tourism trend.

People in Colorado and Wyoming are getting out their snow shovels as a late-spring storm could bring Denver’s biggest snowfall of the season.

The National Park Service says debris from the demolition of the White House East Wing that was dumped at a nearby public golf course has tested positive for lead, chromium and other toxic metals.

Gold prices have surged in recent years, sparking a mining rush in the Amazon that accelerates deforestation and mercury contamination.

The U.S. stock market rose to records after oil prices eased and companies kept reporting bigger profits for the start of the year than analysts expected.

California is investigating one of the Trump administration’s deals to end an offshore wind project.

President Donald Trump's administration supports a proposal to delay rules to protect a vanishing species of whale in favor of commercial fishing interests.

Another severe wildfire season is forecast for the Western U.S. due to record-breaking heat and an abysmal snowpack.

For millions of foreign workers in the Mideast, the Iran war has made life even more precarious.

Nine Native American tribes are suing the federal government in a bid to stop exploratory drilling for graphite near a sacred site in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

U.S. stocks fell from their record heights, while oil prices jumped following escalations in the Middle East that may undermine the ceasefire in the war with Iran.

Spring is when wildlife from birds to deer to alligators nest or bear young, often close to humans.

Cellphone tower operators across Africa are increasingly turning to solar power to reduce reliance on costly diesel fuel and expand connectivity in off-grid areas.

The world’s maritime nations preserved a plan to adopt the first global carbon fee on shipping, as they agreed to keep working on it in the fall and adjourned their meeting.

Ten days into a devastating wildfire that destroyed dozens of homes in Brantley County, things are slowly but surely opening back up as residents shift into recovery mode.

Mexico City is sinking nearly 10 inches every year, making it one of the world’s fastest-sinking metropolitan areas.

New Zealanders are working to bring the kiwi back to the hills around Wellington.

The U.S. stock market set more records after Apple, Estee Lauder and others joined the list of companies delivering fatter profits for the start of the year than analysts expected.

President Donald Trump has granted a key approval to a major new pipeline that would move oil from Canada into the central U.S. The three-foot-wide Bridger Pipeline Expansion would carry up to 550,000 barrels of oil a day from the Canadian border with Montana down through eastern Montana and Wyoming, where it would link up with another pipeline.

A massive sea lion nicknamed Chonkers is charming tourists and locals at San Francisco's Pier 39.

A Tennessee solar developer is betting that cattle-grazing and solar panels can coexist — and benefit farmers as well as the electric grid.

Ten days into a devastating wildfire that destroyed dozens of homes in Brantley County, things are slowly but surely opening back up as residents shift into recovery mode.

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The Trump administration is spending nearly $2 billion to get energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects.

Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer is selling himself as a class traitor in his bid for California governor.

At Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center, a weather station 15 miles south of Boston, staff and volunteers have been using many of the same tools to monitor the weather since it opened in 1885.

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is back on Capitol Hill defending the administration's plan to cut in half the EPA's budget.

Brantley County is beginning to shift from response to recovery after days of devastation from the wildfire, but officials warn that while fire crews are making progress, the danger is not over.

Four critically endangered mountain bongos arrived in Kenya on their way to their native forests after years in the care of a zoo in the Czech Republic.

The 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar was moved from summer to winter because of the threat of extreme heat.

Officials battling two large wildfires in southern Georgia say firefighters are bracing for a long battle even after weekend rains boosted their containment efforts.

Ministers and officials are gathered in Colombia for a high-level conference aimed at accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels, with financing emerging as a key challenge.

President Donald Trump has lifted a federal ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, clearing the way for a Chilean company eying the region's precious metals to begin applying for permits.

Some families in Brantley County are finally learning what’s left of their homes after officials adjusted road closures and evacuation orders on Monday to allow some residents to return to their properties.

President Donald Trump is withdrawing his nomination of a hospitality company executive to lead the National Park Service.

The Trump administration has announced two more payouts for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development.

A Cape Cod seafood company has donated a rare two-colored lobster to a science center, sparing the critter from the kettle because of its remarkable coloration.

The Supreme Court seems divided over whether to block thousands of lawsuits alleging the maker of the weedkiller Roundup failed to warn people it could cause cancer.

The Supreme Court seems inclined to rule that police could use geofence warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes.

Conservations say a Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a human-made canopy bridge to cross a public road on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

Heavy rain slowed the progress of two sprawling southern Georgia wildfires over the weekend, allowing crews to make some progress in containing the blazes that have destroyed more than 100 homes.

Fast-moving storms have pummeled parts of the Midwest with hail, strong wind and heavy rain.

The Highway 82 Fire that sparked in Brantley County on April 20 continues to grow and now exceeds 31 square miles, officials reported Sunday.

Researchers say more wolves are roaming a remote Lake Superior island, using moose as one of their primary food sources.

Energy shocks linked to the Iran war are pushing households across Africa and South Asia back to charcoal and firewood as cleaner cooking methods become more expensive and unreliable.

One of two large wildfires in southeastern Georgia continues to grow and now exceeds 31 square miles.

The Atacama Desert in Chile offers some of the clearest views of the universe, thanks to its dry climate, high altitude and isolation from light pollution.

Former Idaho Gov. and U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has died at age 74.

Okello Chatrie’s cellphone gave him away.

On Newport’s south side, historic and opulent mansions sit on an avenue with mature trees that help cool the neighborhoods, clean the air and foster wildlife.

Tick season seems to be off to a fast start, with an unusually high number of bites already reported across the country.

President Donald Trump's attempts to cancel offshore wind projects have drawn opposition not only from environmentalists but also from Republicans.

Anna and Dennis Dudek and their four children managed to save 10 dogs, some lizards and a hermit crab from the Brantley County fire before their home was all but leveled by the blaze.

Officials say a volunteer firefighter has died battling a wildfire in Florida, while two large fires in Georgia have destroyed more than 120 homes.

The Palm Beach Zoo in Florida has two reasons to celebrate.

How you store produce can make a major difference in how long it lasts.

Authorities in Indonesia’s capital are seeking to remove at least 10 tons of janitor fish from the city’s waterways.

Wildfires are often thought to be a problem for Western North America, but climate change and other factors are making fires nastier in the East, especially this year.

Apollo astronaut Harrison “Jack” Schmitt knows what the Artemis II crew was feeling when it rocketed into space this month for a historic lunar flyby: Pure excitement and the potential for so much more.

A small Indigenous village in Alaska wants to reclaim its status as a top spot for polar bear tourism.

Offshore wind turbines roughly three times the height of the Statue of Liberty were spinning far off the coast of Rhode Island on Thursday, sending clean electricity to the region.

Fallen trees and limbs scattered across Georgia by Hurricane Helene more than a year ago are now helping fuel destructive wildfires in the state.

Paving roads in the Amazon rainforest often causes deforestation that threatens the people who live there.

The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster fueled global fears about nuclear energy and slowed down its development in Europe and other regions.

Desert canyons in eastern Utah will be churning this spring with huge volumes of water in a desperate attempt to keep a reservoir on the Colorado River generating electricity.

Authorities say a chemical leak at a West Virginia plant has killed two people and sent about 30 others to the hospital, including one person in serious condition.

One of the most comprehensive studies ever of flood risk has determined that more than 17 million people in eight cities along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at the highest risk of being affected by flooding.

Large chunks of ice have rammed into homes along Michigan's Black Lake in the northeastern Lower Peninsula as constant spring rainfall and winter melt have flooded homes and threatened to overflow stressed dam systems.

Wildfires have intensified intensifying across the U.S. Southeast.

Xaneri Merino, a transgender woman and artisan from southern Mexico, was once punished for weaving in her Indigenous community, where men are largely barred from weaving.

Across the world, groups of activists, teachers and psychologists are tackling one of the world’s most daunting problems — human-caused climate change — with laughter, dancing, hugs and most especially joy.

Barefoot trails located around the world invite visitors to get close to nature in a different way.

There’s a surprising amount of science in a bag of potato chips.

The Iran war’s most tangible and immediate effect for many people outside the Middle East has been spiking gasoline prices.

A federal judge in Massachusetts has struck down some of the Trump administration’s orders slowing down the development of clean energy.

What makes seafood sustainable.

Scientists are using controlled fires to study how to protect homes from wildfires.

The abrupt swing from hot weather to cold across the Northeast didn't just have people scrambling for discarded jackets, it also is affecting some farmers.

The Justice Department has filed a complaint against Washington, D.C., and its water authority for a massive sewage leak into the Potomac River.