Climate

On May 7, Patrick Robinson took a boat out to Año Nuevo Island to survey the sea lions that come to birth on this rocky outcropping north of Monterey Bay. …

For a second consecutive year, Californians can celebrate the rejuvenation of the state’s reservoirs. Lake Shasta, the state’s largest reservoir, is full again after reaching perilously low levels in the …

Young children are trained to stop, look and listen before they cross the street. In the electric car age, parents might want to put extra emphasis on the word “listen.” …

A second human case of bird flu in a diary worker has been confirmed in Michigan, state and federal health officials announced Wednesday. The symptoms were mild, consisting of conjunctivitis. …

Researchers have located one more anatomical organ where microplastics — of all shapes and constituents — are found: human testes. And although they can’t say for sure, they suspect the …

The next quarter of a century will bring considerable climate danger to millions of Americans living in disadvantaged communities, who will not only experience increased exposure to life-threatening extreme heat …

We’ve got six years to cut global carbon pollution nearly in half — and less than six months until a presidential election that could have long-lasting consequences for whether humanity …

What better sign could there be that we’re drowning in political outrage, that we’re inured to it, than this: A national newspaper scooped this month that Donald Trump gathered about …

EMIGRANT GAP, Calif. —  Jade Stevens stands at the edge of a snowy cliff and takes in the jaw-dropping panorama of the Sierra. Peaks reaching more than a mile high form …

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey recently signed into law bans against cell-cultivated meat in their states. They apparently find meat grown in a lab rather than …