ENVIRONMENT

Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa — island nations particularly vulnerable to climate change — asked the International Criminal Court to make the destruction of ecosystems a crime.

Porbeagle sharks aren’t known to have predators, but a new study says it recorded the first instance of the species being preyed upon by another massive shark.

A study has found most cities receive significantly more rain than nearby rural regions, an effect that has become more pronounced over the past two decades.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is coming under fire from energy experts and environmentalists for building gas plants instead of renewables.

A year after west Maui’s deadly wildfire, Lahaina families are stuck in smoke damaged homes they say are making them sick because they can’t pay to fix them. 

A new study in the journal Science found the decline of bats in the United States had come at a deadly cost to humans.

Experts worry about the chemicals in those gel kits ordered online.

C-Quest Capital claimed it could improve people’s lives in Africa with cleaner cookstoves. But it promised more than it could deliver in selling carbon credits on a vast scale.

The Volos chamber of commerce said the dead fish created an overwhelming stench. More than 160 tons of fish have been removed, local media reported.

Houston faces choices confronting many U.S. cities. Billions of federal dollars are available for them to upgrade rail and bike transit, but some are balking.

A significant die-off of brown pelicans in California has scientists searching for answers.

Kushner’s use of foreign funds is again coming under scrutiny. Environmentalists fear his planned resort could destroy a delicate ecosystem.

Without a national mandate to test school drinking water for lead, U.S. children are often exposed to lead in their school drinking water.

Frances Perkins served as Labor secretary under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, helping to establish Social Security and the federal minimum wage.

The pesticide, known as DCPA, is known to harm fetuses and “needs to be removed from the market immediately,” an EPA official said.

The peregrine falcon is the fastest living thing on earth — when diving. We set out to find the bird that could win a gold medal in horizontal flight.

Many residents of Stehekin, Wash., which is accessible only by ferry, have defied an evacuation order as the Pioneer Fire approaches.

One key risk you can try to control at outdoor events: dehydration.