The chicken liver sponge has sailed through a test of its ability to filter pollutants in a harbour in Spain’s Costa Brava

A new book reports how beekeeping operations are more like livestock megafarms.

Opposition to a controversial graphite mine in Quebec strengthened once the Pentagon became involved

As rising tides eat away at the Saint-Pierre and Miquelon archipelago off Canada, plans to move the historic village to higher ground have divided residents

Kyle Paoletta's book "American Oasis" charts the shifting sands of the US

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Inside a Texas county’s battle against the use of sewage sludge and the forever chemicals left behind.

A new study uses satellite data to document environmental inequities in North Carolina.

Whether hi-tech or nature-based, all climate action requires tradeoffs.

A new study uses satellite data to document environmental inequities in North Carolina.

A new study uses satellite data to document environmental inequities in North Carolina.

Bob’s Burgers keeps getting better. Loren Bouchard’s animated sitcom, now in its 15th season on FOX, is bigger-hearted and far more ambitious than when it first aired in 2011. It has the kind of confi...

The seasonal gusts have exacerbated the deadly fires, and they’re expected to pick back up next week

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The world’s biggest polluters, by the numbers.