Environment

Neither plant nor fungus. The study has reignited debate over the nature and taxonomy of Prototaxites, prehistoric organisms once widely considered fungi. Removing these creatures from the fungal evolutionary branch...

California’s national forests are on the chopping block — literally — in the wake of the Trump administration’s April 5 order to immediately expand timber production in the United States....

MEXICO CITY — A war over water is brewing at the U.S.-Mexico border. This week, President Trump threatened Mexico with new tariffs for failing to deliver billions of gallons of water under...

After months of questions in the aftermath of the Eaton and Palisades fires, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has finally shared preliminary results from soil testing in...

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) held a meeting in London on Friday at which member nations agreed to impose the world’s first global carbon tax, a fee of $380 per...

LONDON — Former Conservative Cabinet Minister Michael Gove was handed a peerage in former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s resignation honors Friday, allowing him to sit for life in the unelected...

Ashley Kidd signed onto the Zoom call a few minutes late, giddily explaining that 12 minutes ago there was an unexpected development in a planned spawn of critically endangered starfish....

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — In an action cheered by state environmentalists, the California Coastal Commission has voted to fine a Texas-based oil firm $18 million for failing to obtain necessary permits and...

But America’s buzziest workers are in trouble, plagued by viral diseases and mite infestations. Although the picture doesn’t look good, a group of researchers says they may have identified a...

The Trump administration this week ramped up its efforts to erode nationwide climate progress with a sweeping executive order aimed at undermining states’ ability to set their own environmental policies,...