Wild black bear at Walt Disney World in Florida captured after search
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags It wasn’t an escapee from the Country Bear Jamboree attraction, but a wild black bear managed to be the star of its own …
Climate and environment
Everything you need to know about this year’s meeting of leaders at the UN General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS — For two years, it was the coronavirus pandemic. Then, it was Russia’s war in Ukraine. Throughout it all, the perils of climate change, poverty and inequality have …
Venice faces possible UNESCO downgrade as it struggles to manage mass tourism
VENICE, Italy — A scowling gondoliere ferrying sightseers 10 at a time across the mouth of Venice’s Grand Canal scolds passengers to sit still and frets over being shorted the …
Venice faces possible UNESCO downgrade as it struggles to manage mass tourism
VENICE, Italy — A scowling gondoliere ferrying sightseers 10 at a time across the mouth of Venice’s Grand Canal scolds passengers to sit still and frets over being shorted the …
Special mosquitoes are being bred to fight dengue. How the old enemies are now becoming allies
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, Hondurans are being educated about a potentially more …
Special mosquitoes are being bred to fight dengue. How the old enemies are now becoming allies
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, Hondurans are being educated about a potentially more …
EPA staff slow to report health risks from lead-tainted Benton Harbor water, report states
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Health risks due to high lead levels in drinking water in a majority Black and impoverished Michigan city were not taken quickly to U.S. Environmental Protection …
Water hookups come to Alaska Yup’ik village, and residents are thrilled to ditch their honey buckets
AKIACHAK, Alaska — Sanitation workers Thomas Noatak and Joseph Moses start every workday riding a four-wheeler along the muddy roads of this small Yup’ik village on southwestern Alaska’s vast Kuskokwim …
Environmental Protection Agency delays new ozone pollution standards until after the 2024 election
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for ground-level ozone — better known as smog — despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory …
No longer stranded, tens of thousands clean up and head home after Burning Man floods
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags RENO, Nev. — The traffic jam leaving the Burning Man festival eased up considerably Tuesday as the exodus from the mud-caked Nevada desert …