SAN FRANCISCO— Almost 3 billion gallons of oil industry wastewater have been illegally dumped into central California aquifers that supply drinking water and farming irrigation, according to state ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today acknowledged for the first time that three of the nation's most-used neonicotinoid pesticides pose significant risks to commercial honeybees.

TUCSON, Ariz.— With the world’s human population poised to hit 7 billion on Oct. 31, the Center for Biological Diversity today released a list of the top 10 plants and animals in the United States ...

Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons/Tiago J. G. Fernandes. Photos are available for media use. “Monarchs are in a deadly free fall and the threats they face are now so large in scale that Endangered ...

WASHINGTON— The highly secretive arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture known as Wildlife Services killed more than 3.2 million animals during fiscal year 2015, according to new data released by ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity and several renowned scientists and herpetologists, including E.O. Wilson and Thomas Lovejoy, filed a formal petition today seeking Endangered Species ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif.— Environmental groups filed a formal notice today of their intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to protect northern Sonoma County residents from deadly ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— A study published today in the journal PeerJ shows the Endangered Species Act has saved roughly 99 percent of protected wildlife since its creation in 1973, demonstrating the law has ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Oil-industry pollutants were present in water-supply wells in Kern County, according to a new report released by the State Water Resources Control Board. Chemicals detected at ...

BOISE, Idaho― The Trump administration released final land-management plans today that wipe out critical protections for imperiled greater sage grouse in seven western states. The new plans ― covering ...

WASHINGTON― The U.S. Interior Department has reduced fees for grazing cattle and sheep on federal public lands to the minimum allowed under federal law ― $1.35 an animal-month. Yesterday’s ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ approval of a permit that allows a huge master-planned sprawl development project near Benson, ...