Biology

EPA tightens mercury emissions limits at coal power plants
Apr 5, 2023

EPA tightens mercury emissions limits at coal power plants

The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening rules that limit emissions of mercury and other harmful pollutants from coal-fired power plants...

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Transgender bathroom bill approved in Kansas; veto expected
Apr 4, 2023

Transgender bathroom bill approved in Kansas; veto expected

A Kansas bill that would block transgender people from using public bathrooms associated with their gender identities has cleared the Republican-controlled Legislature...

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Hawaii whale dies with fishing nets, plastic bags in stomach
Feb 2, 2023

Hawaii whale dies with fishing nets, plastic bags in stomach

A whale that washed ashore in Hawaii over the weekend likely died in part because it ate large volumes of fishing traps, fishing nets, plastic bags and other marine debris...

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Bring back dodo? Ambitious plan draws investors, critics
Jan 31, 2023

Bring back dodo? Ambitious plan draws investors, critics

A company working on technologies to bring back extinct species has attracted more investors...

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Making pig livers humanlike in quest to ease organ shortage
Dec 27, 2022

Making pig livers humanlike in quest to ease organ shortage

Scientists are transforming pig livers to look and act like human ones, part of a quest to ease the nation's organ shortage...

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Famed LA mountain lion euthanized following health problems
Dec 17, 2022

Famed LA mountain lion euthanized following health problems

P-22, the celebrated mountain lion that took up residence in the middle of Los Angeles and became a symbol of urban pressures on wildlife, has been euthanized...

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Extinctions, shrinking habitat spur 'rewilding' in cities
Dec 7, 2022

Extinctions, shrinking habitat spur 'rewilding' in cities

With many types of wildlife struggling to survive and their living space shrinking, some are finding their way to big cities...

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Underground microbes may have swarmed ancient Mars
Oct 10, 2022

Underground microbes may have swarmed ancient Mars

Ancient Mars may have had an environment capable of harboring an underground world teeming with microscopic organisms...

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Backyard mosquito spraying booms, but may be too deadly
Aug 19, 2022

Backyard mosquito spraying booms, but may be too deadly

It's an increasingly familiar sight in U.S. cities and suburbs: workers in gloves and masks, spraying yards for mosquitoes...

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Biden tests positive for COVID-19, returns to isolation
Jul 30, 2022

Biden tests positive for COVID-19, returns to isolation

The White House says President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Saturday, slightly more than three days after he was cleared to exit coronavirus isolation...

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