The Environment

The U.S. is spending millions to try and control feral hogs, but are those efforts in vain?

Hawaii rarely sees direct hurricane hits—if Lala strengthens, it will be just the third recorded hurricane to make landfall there

This extreme rain was deadly, with at least eight people killed and many others stranded

This state, which has seen more than 200 twisters this year, could beat Texas’s all-time record of 244 tornadoes in 12 months

This storm, a rarity for this part of the Pacific, is expected to bring heavy rains, strong wind and possibly “life-threatening flooding” to Hawaii this weekend

A “fever” of cownose rays revealed by striking drone footage could be a sign of warming oceans

Andy Green holds the overall land speed record, having hit 763.035 miles per hour while driving a jet-powered vehicle in 1997

President Donald Trump and other Republican officials had criticized this chapter as biased against fossil fuel companies

This seismic event is of a similar magnitude to the pair of earthquakes that hit Venezuela in June

July also saw its second-highest air temperatures on record this year

Europe is full of buried explosives left over from 20th century wars, and the continent’s wildfires are now big enough, hot enough and last long enough to reach them

This sweet film uncovers bitter disagreements among urban ecology and conservation experts that go way beyond just one owl