Who gets a say in the Colorado River's water supply
The podcast Parched, from Colorado Public Radio, looks at the Colorado River, the people who rely on the river, and those who have ideas to save it.
Environment
Drone Photo Award winners capture the extraordinary beauty of the ordinary
A rice field, a playground, piles of garbage — cameras from above cast a lens at earthly images with surprising, even dazzling results. Here are some of the winners from the 2023 Drone Photo Awards.
Canada's record wildfire season continues to hammer U.S. air quality
Several hundred wildfires are continuing to burn across Canada this weekend, with an ongoing impact on impact air quality for vast swaths of the North American continent.
Nets, coolers and courage: A day in the life of a volunteer bee conservationist
Over three years, hundreds of volunteers will fan out across California to survey wild bees, with the goal of piecing together a picture of where they live and which species are in trouble.
Florida moves forward on radioactive road paving plan as Gov. DeSantis signs new law
Conservation groups had urged the governor to veto the bill, saying phosphogypsum would hurt water quality and put road construction crews at a higher risk of cancer.
The heat is making squirrels 'sploot' — a goofy act that signals something serious
As climate change is making extreme heat events more common, these bright-eyed and bushy-tailed critters are "splooting" to cope.
A big swath of the U.S. is under red and purple air quality alerts from Canada's smoke
In Madison, Wis., the air quality was measured at 242 Thursday morning— a "very unhealthy" purple alert rating that many other communities shared, particularly in the Midwest.
Western tribes' last ditch effort to stall a large lithium mine in Nevada
Western tribes are making a last ditch effort to thwart a large lithium mine in a federal appeals court.
An audio postcard to future generations: Volunteers document bird sounds of Acadia
A researcher is documenting all the bird species at Acadia National Park, creating a baseline for changing populations.
How purple came to be a scarier color than red on the Air Quality Index
Millions of Americas affected by wildfire smoke are focusing on the colors red, purple and maroon on the Air Quality Index charts. Red used to be the scariest color. Why did that change?