Environment

A small beetle, called the alien beetle, was discovered in Mexico in 1991. Biologically, it is like all other beetles,...

A mainstay of the commercial fishing industry, the menhaden is also the primary food source for all sorts of fish...

Florida's Lake Okeechobee has pumped life into the state's swampy interior and sustained the Everglades and its alligators, panthers, spoonbills...

The world's armed forces are a major source of greenhouse gases. As a result, scientists and environmental groups are stepping...

Plans to extract minerals from the ocean floor are being put on hold after a meeting of the U.N. body...

Every year, 50,000 elephants are massacred for their tusks, and there are only 450,000 elephants left. Experts agree: To stop...

Global temperatures are expected to even higher this summer after the El Nino weather pattern emerged in the tropical Pacific...

Canada’s wildfires, which have so far burned 20 million acres, are taking a toll on that nation's economy. The fires...

Last year, the world suffered a loss of an area of old-growth tropical rainforest the size of Switzerland, as deforestation...

Pakistan’s record flooding last year displaced millions and left the country devastated. Now, as new monsoon season is approaching, and...