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The Bureau of Land Management counted a record number of bald eagles yesterday during the birds' annual migration to Lake Coeur d'Alene in Idaho.

The effects of invasive pythons in South Florida may be more far-reaching than scientists previously thought.

The population of Wyoming has declined for the second straight year as fallout continues in the state from the 2015 energy bust, according to data released yesterday by the Wyoming Economic Analysis Division.

Work crews took down two Confederate statues in Memphis, Tenn., last night after the City Council voted unanimously to sell the two parks where the statues were located.

The Amtrak derailment in Washington state that killed three people this week could have been prevented by automatic-braking technology, investigators found.

Congress and U.S. EPA cannot agree whether farm workers should have to be at least 18 years old to handle certain pesticides, and the dispute is partly to blame for slowing a rewrite of pesticide registration rules.

Environmental regulators confirmed yesterday that liquid urea ammonium nitrate spilled into the Ohio River near Cincinnati, posing a potential risk to drinking water and marine life.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is lagging on a rulemaking for the energy storage industry, leaving companies uncertain of how to proceed with rapid changes in technology.

A federal judge yesterday sentenced a Washington state man to 6 ½ years in prison for his role in a lucrative biofuels scheme.

A group of rats are training to help one of the world's most poached animals.

Humans have caused roughly 10 percent of the world's wilderness to disappear over the last two decades, according to a new study.

Over two dozen species of snakes have been infected by a fungus that causes lesions, a new study found.

Proposed fee hikes at the nation's national parks would decrease tourism at Yellowstone and cause local businesses to lose out on millions of dollars in revenue, according to a new study.

The Bureau of Land Management is undertaking a sweeping effort to address devastating wildfires across the Great Basin by analyzing the merits of installing man-made fuel breaks and streamlining the removal of invasive vegetation that helps spread blazes.

Tesla Inc. has boosted its K Street team, including bringing on a former Republican congressman.

The Democratic Conservation Alliance political action committee endorsed its initial slate of candidates today, backing a half-dozen incumbent lawmakers who have pledged support for public lands and waters.

President Trump signed an executive order yesterday to reduce the nation's reliance on foreign countries for minerals essential to modern energy and military technology.

The United States is lagging far behind the world on fusion research and shouldn't abandon a major international project opposed by key senators, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine warned today.

An independent government watchdog has agreed to examine how the Trump administration uses the social cost of carbon, the metric used to calculate the impact of greenhouse gas emissions.

Senior House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans are questioning U.S. EPA about how the agency crafted its list of Superfund toxic waste sites requiring "immediate, intense action."

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