Environment

The loss of ice in one region of Antarctica last year likely resulted in none of the emperor penguin chicks surviving in four colonies, researchers reported Thursday.

This shortage is occurring as government and private funding is being invested in planting trees to cool cities, reduce air pollution and protect water.

August is the coldest winter month at the arctic station Vostok, when temperatures average nearly 92 degrees below zero.

The GOP is no longer denying that global warming exists, yet is searching for a response to sweltering summers, weather disasters and rising sea levels.

Slime molds are a collection of single-celled organisms that move together in search of nutrients. They eat bacteria and appear on dead and decaying logs in Glacier Bay's Alaskan rainforest ecosystem during the summer.

PFAS chemicals have been linked in animal studies to some cancers, including kidney and testicular, plus issues such as high blood pressure and low birth weight.

The daily highs are an indication that climate change is reaching uncharted territory, scientists say.

The planet’s temperature spiked on Tuesday to its hottest day in at least 44 years and likely much longer.

The national parks offer a diversity of natural beauty, wonders and weather, as showcased in this list of our 10 favorite national parks.

Central State University's breeding program aims to create worker bees with smaller mandibles known as 'Ohio Mite Biters.'

Numerous tank cars were partially submerged in the river early Saturday, with an Associated Press reporter witnessing a yellow liquid pouring out of tank cars.

The Biden administration has proposed new rules for protecting imperiled plants and animals as officials move to reverse changes under former President Donald Trump that weakened application of the Endangered Species Act.

Many seabirds in this region died recently, with more than 90% of the affected birds being grey-backed shearwaters, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Mexico.

A report from a Nepal-based research organization finds that water security for nearly 2 billion people downstream from the Hindu Kush Himalayan ranges will likely be threatened this century if global warming is not controlled.