Zac Efron is trading red carpets for rainforest life in Australia, where he is building an off-grid home that relies heavily ...

An invasive freshwater mussel is prompting officials in California's capital region to intensify their response, as leaders warn the tiny species could create major problems for water systems people ...

A student-run runway show is proving that a protest against fast fashion can also be glamorous, creative, and widely shared ...

After years of resisting breakdown, PFAS, the notoriously stubborn "forever chemicals" that can remain in water, soil, and human bodies for decades, may have a newly identified vulnerability. In a new ...

A proposed $10 billion AI data center outside Waco has become a major political fight in central Texas, and it has also split two mayors whose relationship goes back decades. At the center of the ...

Online fashion bragging rights are changing. Instead of impressing people with piles of new purchases, many now get more mileage out of saying a look was thrifted, vintage, handed down, or found ...

Industrial snow-blowers created a late-spring snow day for San Diego Zoo's resident grizzly brothers, coating their habitat ...

A major cat trapping and slaughter crime ring has been busted in Vietnam, saving 400 cats from the chopping block. During a multiday operation in Ho Chi Minh City, police recovered more than 500 cats.

Panic broke out during a safari when an elephant approached an open tour vehicle, reached inside with its trunk, and ...

An airport seizure outside Buenos Aires has put a largely overlooked criminal trade back in focus: marine wildlife trafficking. Researchers say customs officers may soon have a new way to catch some ...

Denver residents are being urged to cut back on water use as Colorado endures a record hot, dry stretch — but for many people, the larger question is whether the state's most visible water users are ...

According to KTNV, citing city documents, Henderson is weighing a temporary stop on accepting conditional use permit applications for new data centers. The station reported that the pause could last ...