Environment

Wildlife officials in Anchorage, Alaska, have issued a warning about aggressive otters after three reported attacks on humans and pets. On Friday, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game implored…

Some of the big cats who tested positive for COVID-19 last week at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., have been struggling with lack of appetite, so zookeepers have had…

Tongues are wagging on social media over a video taken at New York City’s Bronx Zoo that shows one gorilla performing oral sex on another. The video, which was filmed…

A mama bear encouraging her cub to use the slide at a school playground had teachers gushing over the ursine family moment. (See the clip below.) Betsie Stockslager Emry captured…

The Biden administration on Thursday will issue a final rule to rapidly phase down the production and use of a class of planet-warming super-pollutants found in air conditioners, refrigerators, aerosols…

Dozens of endangered penguins in South Africa were killed last week by a swarm of bees. More than 60 of the protected birds were found Friday on Boulders Beach, a…

“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert on Wednesday said that many of the people standing in the way of action on climate change were older, including government leaders. “I’m surprised so few…

Jimmy Kimmel joined Wednesday night’s multi-network effort on late-night television to put a spotlight on climate change.  In a scorching monologue, Kimmel took on climate deniers, right-wing politicians and corporate…

A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration violated the law when it declined to grant Endangered Species Act protections to the iconic Joshua tree. In…