President Joe Biden has enacted a sweeping ban of offshore drilling across most of the country's coasts. Here's what the move ...

Scientists initially expected some whale populations to rebound a decade after the BP oil spill. New research suggests they ...

Former Congressman Matt Gaetz's effort to require military training be permitted in habitat of highly endangered Rice's Whale ...

The worst spate of wildfires in the history of western North Dakota and flash flooding in Bismarck marked the year in weather in the region.

Sea otters are a rare species as humans excessively hunted them in the 18th and 19th Century. They were mainly hunted for ...

A lobster boat docked at Merrill's Wharf in the US fishing hub of New Bedford, Massachusetts, caught fire early Tuesday (Dec. 24), Christmas Eve.

From continued strides in transitioning to clean energy, threats of environmental contamination and continued efforts to ...

In Nigeria, the first part of a $1 billion project to clean up Ogoniland in the Niger Delta, where there have been thousands of oil spills, was a “total failure.” ...

Animals other than birds also fell victim to the Blob heatwave, the new study notes. Humpback whale numbers dropped by about ...

The oil spill has impacted at least 60 kilometers (37 miles) of coastline, Greenpeace Ukraine said Tuesday. The charity has had no presence in Russia since 2023, when it was designated as an “un ...

Three North Atlantic right whales have been spotted entangled in fishing gear off the coast of the U.S. just this month, according to information from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...