Environment

A new book by WCS scientists and others takes on 'one of the biggest threats to wildlife in the 21st century.'

AccuWeather.com reports the combination of extreme heat, high humidity, very warm nights are taking their toll, increasing heat-related fatalities this year.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency has authorized the use of federal funds to help the state of California fight the West Fire in Kern County.

AccuWeather.com reports containment efforts of an oil spill that began Monday on the Kalamazoo River may be hindered by the near flood conditions of the river.

Growth Energy, the coalition of U.S. ethanol supporters, released the following statement after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced a limited energy bill that did not include support for rene

Tony Hayward has been criticised for his handling of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, following an explosion in April that killed 11 workers. BP faces claims that will cost the company many billio

In Lesotho, Isoniazid Preventive Therapy to prevent latent TB infection from becoming active TB disease, is not available for ordinary citizens but only for health workers. Those people who have laten

As of Friday morning, Bonnie was about 155 miles southeast of Miami, Fla., and will move quickly into the eastern Gulf this weekend, according to the AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center.

Congressman Joe Sestak , although unable to attend due to Congressional obligations, joined concerned Pennsylvanians gathered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania by submitting his comments regarding the propo

A new risk assessment study of imported catfish released today provides new evidence of the long-term consumer health risks of eating imported catfish raised in contaminated water and treated with dru

AccuWeather.com meteorologists expect Tropical Depression 3 to track between South Florida and northwestern Cuba Friday and into the eastern Gulf of Mexico this weekend.

'Wild tiger numbers are at an historical low. Today there is no evidence of breeding populations of tigers in Cambodia, China, Vietnam, and DPR Korea.

The squalls are forecast to spread over more of the Bahamas and eastern Cuba today then reach Florida's southeast coast late tonight. That includes Miami and West Palm Beach.

Growth Energy's Green Jobs Waiver, submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency in March 2009, seeks an increase in the allowable blend of ethanol with gasoline from 10 percent to 15 percent.

Computer models take the system on a general northwest path over the Florida Peninsula and then the warm western Gulf of Mexico over the next 3 to 5 days.