TROMSO, Norway -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday ventured north of the Arctic Circle and urged international cooperation in a region that could become a new battleground f...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma and Texas have argued for years about which has the best college football team, whose oil fields produce better crude, even where the state border should run. But in a ho...
BEIJING -- More than 800 villagers have been evacuated after land sank in southern Chinas Guangxi province, which is known for its karst topography. The official Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday ...
KITTANNING, Pa. -- State police say a pair of amorous bovines tied up traffic near the intersection of two rural Pennsylvania highways. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette first reported the situation Friday...
* About half of all Americans say they favor legalization * Advocates say legal pot could boost tax revenues, jobs * State, federal government laws must still be reconciled * Tax revenues would be us...
SYDNEY, June 2 (Reuters) - Australias iconic Great Barrier Reef is under imminent threat from industrial development and may be considered for listing as a world heritage site “"in danger" wi...
By: Joe Rao Published: 06/01/2012 12:25 PM EDT on SPACE.com The full moon of June will dip through Earths shadow early Monday (June 4) in a partial lunar eclipse that promises to impress skywatchers ...
Let me start with a confession: Im the executive director of the countrys largest environmental organization, and I dont have solar panels on my roof. Now wait a minute. Before you judge, I do have a...
A paper in this weeks Nature Climate Change reinforces a really important insight about the limits of our ability to reason and think rationally. Its another blow to the crumbling ramparts of the bel...
Sweet dreams for Americas once-sweetheart sweeteners arent made of these kinds of moves. How Opinions on Sugar and Corn Syrup Went Sour Americans have traditionally loved sweet things. Think about it...
Big Oil and the Canadian government are showing their true colors these days, and what an ugly spectacle it is. Not content to squeeze tar sands oil profits from Canadas boreal forest, the industry a...
While New York City often tops ratings lists as the best city in the world, theres one list it has struggled to dominate. When it comes to tech innovation, NYC falls second to Silicon Valley, where s...
WASHINGTON -- With much of the D.C. region under the risk of severe weather, the National Weather Service issued tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings Friday evening for parts of Mary...
You have a matched pair, all pink and pretty, and I want you to keep them that way. Im talking about your lungs, your portable oxygen tanks. You already know that smoking isnt good for your lungs, bu...
FORT CHIPEWYAN, Alta. - Natives downstream from the oilsands in northern Alberta say they have caught more deformed fish in Lake Athabasca and will be sending them away for testing. Pictures of two f...
Ever wondered what it’d be like to live in a cocoon? A seaside condo slated to be built in South Korea might be as close as you can get. Sandwiched between two cube-shaped buildings, a distinctive or...
DETROIT -- The Detroit City Council on Thursday gave neighborhood residents arguing over an apple orchard planted in a northwest city park a month to work out their differences. The May 31 decision f...
* Team expects five hurricanes, two becoming major * Fewer storms than average expected this year (Adds detail, quotes) MIAMI, June 1 (Reuters) - Colorado State University researchers on Friday raise...
Grassroots activism is the core of the environmental movement. Nowhere have I found that to be more evident than at Heartwood Forest Council gatherings. Last weekend, I attended the 22nd Annual Heart...
Hurting puppies is unfathomable to most of us. Americans love puppies, and many of us agree with the late Charles M. Schulzs sentiments: "Happiness is a warm puppy." But despite all the adora...
From Kip Evans and Mission Blue: An early sunrise cast a warm hue over Conception Island this morning, setting the stage for what was to be our final day exploring the warm waters of the Bahamas. Wit...
Its not every day you get to see an iceberg flip upside down, but a tourist in Argentina did just that and posted the results on YouTube.
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — A third pipeline break in Grand Canyon National Park has closed a one-mile section of the North Kaibab Trail. Park officials say the break occurred Thursday m...
Tourists cruising near the Upsala Glacier in Argentina recently spied an unusual sight: a massive iceberg flipping over in the middle of the ocean. Luckily for the rest of the world, someone caught t...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A panel of top Minnesota officials approved the sale of 77 mineral rights leases Thursday to four companies that want to prospect for copper and other valuable metals in the st...
Just because someone is bigger than you doesnt mean you cant be friends. And this heartwarming YouTube video is further proof of that. The clip features a rescue cat named Thomas OMalley Flufferpants...
By John R. Platt (Click here for original article) This is getting a bit weird. In May 2010 at least 12,000 critically endangered saiga antelopes (Saiga tatarica) were found dead in Kazakhstan. Exact...
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy on Friday signed a bill permitting the medical use of marijuana statewide, making Connecticut the 17th state to enact such a law. A month ago, the Connecticut Senate vo...
As far as he knows, hes the worlds first pollution tourist. To him, its kind of like a spin on ecotourism. But, to him, the idea of visiting "rare and special" ecostystems doesnt simply mean ...
...they might understand climate change better, right? Wrong! At least, according to a paper just published in the journal Nature Climate Change. That paper evaluated the perception of risk from clim...
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