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Byline: Samantha Schmidt, Dino Grandoni LOS FARALLONES DE CALI, Colombia - The park ranger trudged through the red mud, beneath the fog-covered Andean mountains he was tasked with protecting, on [...]

The 70 miles of California coastline that makes up the unincorporated area of Big Sur has a storied, almost mystical allure, largely thanks to its staggering beauty. With redwood forests, [...]

Byline: Allyson Chiu, John Farrell NEW YORK - Under bright overhead lights, Elena Galindo leaned over a gleaming white counter and prepared to begin her examination. Her patient was laid [...]

Byline: Michael J. Coren Composting is not for everyone. I realize this when I go home to visit my parents in Florida, or almost anywhere outside states, such as Vermont, [...]

Until last fall, when PBS screened ''The American Buffalo,'' a documentary by Ken Burns, I had no idea bison were native to Middle Tennessee, where I have lived for 37 [...]

For our last night in La Paz, Mexico, we kept it simple: A couple of cans of cold Pacifico, a bench on the malecón, the city's waterfront promenade, and the [...]

As governments impose limits on plastic food packaging, climate-friendlier alternatives are in the works. Here are some that might be coming to a grocery store near you. If it seems [...]

Byline: Erika Page Staff writer Abstract: Progress roundup: Care for the environment doesn't always require the newest technology. Citizens in Bangladesh, Ecuador, and Greece are making strides. 1. Ecuador An [...]

Game 6 Fix up old buildings so they don't need as much heat and air-conditioning 25 Build solar farms (which use the sun to create electricity) around the world 2 [...]

Byline: Sarah Kaplan and Brady Dennis It's still possible for humanity to avoid the most catastrophic consequences of climate change, a group of the world's top energy experts, economists and [...]

Rural Congolese villagers are being asked to protect one of earth's most precious ecosystems. What can other places contribute to our shared future? Headway is an initiative from The New [...]

CLEMSON, S.C. -- In the distance, beside a brick house in a tidy subdivision, the trees rose above a wooden fence, showing off all that had made the Bradford pear [...]

Byline: Beth Shapiro We have always meddled with nature, not always for the worse: Over the last 50,000 years, we've manipulated biology to create organisms that would not exist had [...]

Byline: BOB WEBER, THE CANADIAN PRESS Lead Canada's largest national park is now so threatened by upstream development and divided governance that it likely meets the criteria to be placed [...]

Environmental issues may seem too big to tackle, but some smaller foundations have figured out ways to have an impact. Brett Howell, a program manager at Coca-Cola in Atlanta, has [...]

When Hurricane Delta hit Puerto Morelos, Mexico, in October, a team known as the Brigade waited anxiously for the sea to quiet. The group, an assortment of tour guides, diving [...]

DALLAS: Jacobs has issued the following press release: Jacobs (NYSE:J), in collaboration with Principal Investigator Dr. David Hanigan with the University of Nevada, Reno, is participating in a research and [...]

Forests are a great bulwark against climate change, so programs to reduce deforestation are important. Those efforts usually focus on stopping the destruction in areas where it is already occurring. [...]

Tourism ''pledges'' to promote respect for local customs and natural resources have proliferated in recent years. But whether these largely voluntary vows have changed behaviors is hard to track. When [...]

NASHVILLE -- My whole family was watching the HBO series ''Chernobyl'' when a big sugar maple tree in our front yard split in half, falling a few feet short of [...]

Byline: Clarence Leong Staff writer Abstract: He left Liberia for his safety and won the Goldman Environmental Prize fighting for land rights -- and against governments and big corporations. Alfred [...]

Byline: Darryl Fears For many Americans, the first step to helping to save a million plant and animal species from being wiped out starts at the front porch. Lush green [...]

Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd: , our email newsletter. WASHINGTON -- The decision by New York State to ban single-use plastic bags from [...]

Even if you strive for a sustainable lifestyle at home, it may be tempting to avoid thinking about the impact your travels could have on the environment. No one wants [...]

Byline: Juliet Eilperin and Dino GrandoniWASHINGTON - The Senate on Tuesday passed the most sweeping conservation legislation in a decade, protecting millions of acres of land and hundreds of miles [...]