An assessment of western Europe's waters found that no evaluated plankton region qualified as being in good health.

California's fight against invasive golden mussels has moved farther north, raising fresh concerns for boaters, anglers, and communities that rely on the Sacramento-area water system.

In Maryland, a new Chesapeake Bay giveaway is tying invasive-species removal to public recreation by offering free fishing trips.

A reported shark sighting briefly emptied the water at a southern Maine beach just ahead of the July Fourth crowds.

Electricity costs are rising at Puget Sound Energy due to severe weather, wildfire risk, and major grid work affecting customer rates.

A paddleboarding break in the English countryside turned dangerous for one father when he stepped onto a grassy bank and was bitten by Britain's only venomous snake.

Tiny parasitic flies can attack invasive fire ants so effectively that the insects eventually lose their heads.

Heal Rewilding has reported that a wild beaver family it is monitoring is larger than previously believed: instead of two new kits, there are four.

A snake rescue in eastern India has drawn attention after responders searching a burrow beneath a tree outside a family's home found not only an adult cobra, but also more than 30 hatchlings.

In 2026, biologists at Cape Hatteras National Seashore have already found four nests from endangered leatherback sea turtles, more than in the last 11 years combined.

Scientists have documented four chameleon species that were previously unknown to science in Mozambique's isolated mountaintop rainforests.

That tension surfaced when someone who uses the Houston Westpark Consumer Recycling Center asked a question plenty of people have likely had: Is recycling a scam? The answer is largely no, but it's ...