Climate

MADRID —  New storms in Spain caused school closures and train cancellations on Wednesday, two weeks after flash floods in Valencia and other parts of the country killed more than 220 …

Australian researchers, who spent years towing seal-shaped decoys through waters infested with great white sharks, have determined that wrapping the lures in very bright lights — sort of like aquatic …

BAKU, Azerbaijan —  World leaders converged Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference with plenty of big names and powerful countries noticeably absent. Past talks often had the star power …

When the ranger’s away, the bear cub will play — and the kids will stay locked in school. At least that’s what happened Tuesday in La Crescenta, where law enforcement …

LAHORE, Pakistan —  Worsening air pollution sickened an estimated 1.8 million people in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province in the past month, health officials said Tuesday, as schools across the province were …

As Yogi Berra said, “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” Yes, Donald Trump will be president. And yes, the same types of people who populated his first administration — …

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said he plans to nominate former Rep. Lee Zeldin, Republican from New York, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a federal department crucial to California’s …

MELBOURNE —  An emperor penguin found malnourished far from its Antarctic home on the Australian south coast is being cared for by a wildlife expert, a government department said Monday. The …

BAKU, Azerbaijan —  No matter what kind of U-turn President-elect Donald Trump will make on climate change, America’s clean energy economy won’t reverse into the dirty past, a combative but “bitterly …

For nearly 40 years, a controversial California law has required companies to place warning labels on their products alerting consumers to the potential health threats posed by chemicals, or else …