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A court challenge has put on hold a plan to combat the Zika virus by releasing genetically modified mosquitos in the Cayman Islands.

A new study says the shipping boom is worsening air pollution in China and other East Asian nations, resulting in thousands of deaths every year.

A mountain goat died Saturday in Alaska after it jumped into the ocean to escape people taking its picture.

A recent video shows a group of at least 15 people jumping into the highly polluted Baltimore Inner Harbor waters.

The magnitude-3.7 earthquake roughly 100 miles offshore from Daytona Beach, Fla., on Saturday was likely caused by a Navy test.

A new study says that if pigeons are found to have elevated blood lead levels, then children in the same area may also be afflicted.

A new study found that hydraulic fracturing may worsen asthma in people who live near sites that use the oil and gas production technique.

As algal blooms grow and spread, funds to research these hazardous outbreaks shrink.

Richard Budge, the mining entrepreneur known across the United Kingdom as "King Coal," has died of prostate cancer at the age of 69.

Monsanto Co. has spurned Bayer AG and its more attractive buyout offer.

U.S. EPA has hired a new White House liaison and promoted several staffers within the agency's press shop.

Oregon standoff figure Ryan Bundy has been working to escape from a Portland jail as he awaits trial on charges stemming from the January takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, a federal prosecutor said at a hearing yesterday.

North Carolina environmental regulators have agreed to a two-month hold on their lawsuit seeking to force a U.S. EPA decision on making the state part of a regional ozone reduction program.

Three state attorneys general today announced civil lawsuits against Volkswagen AG over the German automaker's use of "defeat devices" to cheat on emissions tests.

Human deaths caused by deer could be dramatically reduced if cougar populations returned to their historical levels, according to a new study.

The decades-old tradition of "monster" shark fishing tournaments is facing pressure from outside groups to reform, and fishermen are getting testy.

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) yesterday signed an agreement with the U.S. Forest Service to allow the state to take on a bigger role in managing federal forests and preventing wildfire.

Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado is looking to purchase 12,518 acres from a private conservancy to add to the park's property.

The gravitational tug between the sun and the moon is well known to fishermen and surfers looking for the ideal tide, but it may also trigger earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault.

The oldest park ranger in the United States on Sunday received a new presidential commemorative coin to replace the one that was stolen from her in a violent robbery.

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