Photos from the New England Aquarium and others show the diverse marine life in the nation’s oceans.
Author: Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY
USDA to spend $197 million to prepare for wildfires brought on by climate change
Vice President Kamala Harris and US Department of Agriculture announce $197 million from Infrastructure Act for wildfire resilience
Global warming driving more extreme droughts and floods, NASA satellites show
Global warming temperatures driving more intense droughts and floods, a NASA scientist says after studying satellite data.
Fishing season canceled: Feds close chinook salmon season in California due to drought effects
Federal officials have closed Chinook salmon fishing for spring in California and southern Oregon and may keep season closed for the next year
Audubon Society won’t change name, despite namesake’s racism. It wants to focus on bird conservation and inclusion initiatives.
National Audubon Society says John James Audubon, was “an enslaver, whose racism and harmful attitudes … are now well-understood.”
Big, stinky blob of algae takes aim at Florida beaches. What’s causing it? Is it climate change?
A 5,000 mile swath of a smelly seaweed called sargassum could soon blanket beaches in Florida and the Caribbean. What’s going on?
If April showers bring May flowers, why are blooms appearing so early? Climate change.
Botanists say spring arriving earlier, in response to warming temperatures and greater rainfall in some locations
Saving endangered right whales pits advocates against lobstermen
Each year pushes the 340 remaining North Atlantic right whales closer to extinction, but lobstermen say protective rules endanger their industry
After decades-long comeback for the 4-foot-tall wood stork, federal protections may soon end
Wood storks were once confined to remote reaches of the Everglades in Florida. Now they nest across the Southeast.
2 more whales found dead along Atlantic Coast. NOAA says they were likely hit by boats.
Dead whales found on Jersey Shore and Virginia beach were hit by vessels, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.