Environmentalists are suing wildlife managers over a decision last summer to lift a trapping ban in southwestern New Mexico where the federal government is

After being battered by flooding last year, farmers across the Northeast and Midwest can at least be thankful that a relatively warm and largely snowless

The Atlantic sturgeon, a prehistoric fish whose once bountiful populations were depleted by anglers seeking its coveted caviar, has been declared an endangered

A burgeoning population of huge pythons — many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big — appears to be wiping out large

A federal judge has ruled that the rig owner involved in drilling the ill-fated well that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico was shielded by its contract with BP

John Koski is itching to pick up his rifle after losing dozens of cows to hungry wolves on his farm in Michigan's Upper Peninsula — and it appears he'll soon

The head of California's air quality board on Thursday called proposed rules that would require automakers to build less-polluting cars and trucks by 2025 a

President Barack Obama promoted the sale of new oil and gas drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico and the promise of cars running on natural gas, defending his

The Venus flytrap's precarious survival in the wild along the coast of the Carolinas faces an added threat from poachers looking to cash in by uprooting and

State and federal officials say the level of protection for gray wolves in Illinois will depend on where they might roam.

Horizon Organic plans to boost what it pays its roughly 600 farmers as demand for organic milk and feed costs rise.

The sun is bombarding Earth with radiation from the biggest solar storm in more than six years with more to come from the fast-moving eruption.

I wrote about the Swapaholics and swapping in general last August, a concept turned into action by Amy Chase and Melissa Masello. Two ladies with passion

Exxon Mobil agreed Thursday to pay the state of Montana $1.6 million in penalties over water pollution caused by a pipeline break last summer that fouled

The world last year wasn't quite as warm as it was for most of the last decade. Still, official U.S. weather records say the average global temperature in 2011