Herring off western coast will ‘teeter on edge of complete collapse’ if commercial fishing continues at current level, says report First Nations and conservationists are warning that Pacific herring populations…
Exclusive: Research ‘adds to growing evidence about the co-benefits of responding to climate change and air pollution together’, a scientist tells The Independent Air pollution from Europe’s coal plants could…
Across California's Central Valley, under stress from large-scale agriculture and climate change, native bee species that are flexible in their pollination behavior when around other wild bee populations appear best…
Historically untouchable issues — like climate change and race — are now on the table for the Federal Reserve, as it wades further into uncharted territory. Why it matters: The…
North Atlantic right whales gave birth over the winter in greater numbers than scientists have seen since 2015, an encouraging sign for researchers who became alarmed three years ago when…
Early in the pandemic, actor Christine Chang was verbally attacked in a grocery store. She told her story to “New Amsterdam” co-executive producer and writer Y. Shireen Razack, who then…
The murder trial of Derek Chauvin is bringing up painful and angry memories for much of the country, if not the world. The former Minneapolis police officer is accused of using…
Amid an exceptionally warm March in Japan, the cherry blossoms in Kyoto peaked Friday, the earliest in more than 1,200 years of records. The record bloom fits into a long-term…
They're purple, spiky and voracious, and just off the West Coast, there are more of them than you can count. Purple sea urchins have exploded in recent years off California,…
"I started over so many times, but I didn't give up on myself." My name is Denise-Marie McDonald (@dmarie_rochelle), and I am 31. I am a stay-at-home mom from Suwanee,…