Environment

Home News (Image: © Shutterstock) Hundreds of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes will soon be released in the Florida Keys island chain to wipe out local populations of disease-carrying mosquitoes,...

Updated 10:28 am CDT, Friday, August 21, 2020 FILE - This July 14, 2019, file photo, shows a telescope at the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii's tallest mountain. The National Science...

Pesticides used to kill off troublesome bugs have been killing off honey bees, and now birds are dying off, too. The insecticide works its way up the food chain, and...

A Japanese ship, MV Wakashio, has been leaking oil from its cracked hull after it ran aground on July 25 off the coast of Mauritius. It was carrying nearly 4,000...

Frontier doesn't want the expansion to feel 'compartmentalized'Frontier Developments is starting to open up about Elite Dangerous: Odyssey, the next step in the space sim's ongoing adventures. In this "early...

The lithium-ion battery is an electrochemical wunderkind. We use it for everything, whether it’s mundane gadgetry like phones and laptops or more extreme applications like electric ships and helicopters on...

Ronnie Scott lost his wife when she tried to to rescue their dog and cat from floodwaters in West Virginia in 2016. Carole Duncan almost lost her 83-year-old father during...

Sam Metz, Associated Press/report For America Updated 3:13 pm CDT, Friday, August 14, 2020 A bathtub ring of light minerals delineates the high water mark on Lake Mead at the Lake...

A bald eagle beat the crap out of a government drone mapping the shoreline of Lake Michigan, ripping off its propeller and sending it plunging to the lake’s bottom, according...

Environmentalists are pushing back against a project that would pump water from beneath the Mojave Desert, arguing that it could harm the fragile ecosystem. Cadiz Inc. wants to pump billions...