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Chronic wasting disease caused a 10 percent decline annually in a Wyoming herd of white-tailed deer, according to researchers with the University of Wyoming.

A deadly fungus that has contributed to the extinction of 200 species of frogs has spread to Sierra Nevada, Calif., killing thousands of frogs.

Scientists have recorded two dolphins having a conversation for the first time.

Around 5,300 gallons of oil leaked onto a barrier island in the Gulf Coast last week, hampering BP PLC's restoration efforts on the island.

North American lobster prices have reached their highest point in more than 10 years.

A South American reptile invading South Florida may be spreading even farther than researchers thought.

The Bureau of Land Management on Friday released its draft environmental assessment for a proposed all-terrain vehicle trails system in a Utah canyon rich with archaeological artifacts.

The Obama administration agreed Friday to a settlement with advocacy group Oceana that will spur the creation of a new proposed rule to protect sea turtles from shrimp trawl nets in the United States.

The white fringeless orchid is being added to the threatened species list, months after an administrative oversight delayed the rare flower's federal protections.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee launched a television attack this weekend in Pennsylvania against Democratic Senate challenger Katie McGinty, criticizing the former head of the state's Department of Environmental Protection for doling out $2.8 million in state funds to an organization that employed her spouse.

The League of Conservation Voters is expanding its voter turnout operation to three additional states — Illinois, Nevada and Virginia — as it looks to elect Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Democratic Senate candidates.

House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) is questioning the legality of the National Park Service's move to enlarge Yosemite National Park in California.

Special Agent Clay Brown has two phones on his desk.

Opponents of the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines — two natural gas pipelines that would snake along the East Coast — exchanged blows today with project developers over whether the region needs more gas infrastructure.

Two weeks ahead of oral arguments on legal challenges to the Clean Power Plan, backers of U.S. EPA's rule are touting support from voters in states suing to halt its implementation.

A federal court on Friday faulted U.S. EPA for releasing hundreds of pages of documents containing the personal information of owners of livestock operations.

Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, is curtailing urban sprawl in an effort to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040.

An Indian Supreme Court order yesterday for a state to share water with a neighbor sparked violent protests.

U.S. EPA is searching for the source of mercury that contaminated a middle school in Las Vegas last week.

In 2011, when New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez (R) swept into office on promises to end business-restrictive regulations, the state Environmental Department quietly cut the air quality permit for polluting industries and stopped investigating a chemical company said to be harming local residents.

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