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Committee urges ministers to set out measures to reduce carbon emissions before work starts on new runways ...

Hunters will now be allowed to kill mute swans starting Jan. 1, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Melanie Winter led efforts to embrace nature along the L.A. River, touting the potential for a restored river to heal the city's relationship to water. She was 67.

French multinational is ordered to remove its website messages about aiming for carbon neutrality ...

Humans have been selectively breeding animals for millennia. If we can help species survive by tweaking their DNA in a lab, I say bring it on, says science writer Helen Pilcher ...

Every year, millions of crabs travel from the forest to the ocean to breed, creating a red tide across the island ...

From a red-throated loon touching down on water, to good and bad hair days, and an airborne squirrel, here is a selection of the finalists in this year's Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards ...

Sussan Ley's sharp criticism marks a shift for the opposition, which had appeared open to a deal on the bill ...

The move to reignite a fight with coastal state governors -- particularly California's Gavin Newsom -- who forced the president to back down in his first term.

Once again the United States is using its economic might to pressure other countries to back down from an effort to limit greenhouse gas pollution.