With the Haikubox, there's no more guessing what species of bird that might be hanging right outside your door. Instead, the device, which is easy to use, records the birds' sounds, chirps and songs and sends the information to its database for identification.

The Haikubox has access to more than 282 million bird songs and sounds from more ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Serina Diniega always wanted to plant an avocado tree at her Altadena home, but now she worries the creamy green fruit might pose a threat.

Her yard was scorched in the Eaton fire as her block went up in flames. The planetary scientist’s house survived, but unseen contaminants could be lurking in the soil.

“What can I do to...Read more

SEATTLE — The federal government is attempting to abandon years of climate science and regulation, and officials from Washington state are warning those efforts will drastically slow the country’s ability to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency no longer wants to classify greenhouse gas emissions as ...Read more

In a significant setback for California’s effort to build hundreds off floating offshore wind turbines in the Pacific Ocean to boost renewable energy, the Trump administration has canceled nearly half a billion dollars in federal funding for one of the state’s most high-profile projects.

On Friday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ...Read more

Earlier this summer, a viral video ignited a wave of outrage across Florida: Five men capture and hoist a live giant manta ray from the waters offshore Panama City Beach and onto their boat.

Almost immediately, marine scientists, conservationists and the Florida public wanted accountability, wondering how a beloved and majestic animal – ...Read more

The majority of whale sharks in a global tourism hotspot suffer from human-inflicted scarring, new research has revealed.

Between 2010 and 2023, a team of international scientists studied whale sharks — the largest fish species on Earth — in the Bird’s Head Seascape, a biodiverse region spanning some 86,000 square miles off the coast of ...Read more

CHICAGO -- The latest weapon in Chicago’s war against rats is plant-based, naturally flavored and nutritious.

It’s a birth control pellet made with corn and peanuts, and a team of researchers and volunteers will be serving it to discerning rats in a four-block area of Lincoln Park for a year.

The aim is to reduce the rat population without...Read more

LODI, Calif. — A battle has been waging in Sacramento over whether beverage cartons — the ones used for milk, juice, broth, wine, even egg whites — should get the coveted chasing arrows recycling label.

Earlier this year, the state agency in charge of recycling, CalRecycle, determined the cartons were probably not eligible, because they ...Read more

Democratic governors are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s plans to halt offshore wind developments.

“We are looking for the Trump Administration to uphold all offshore wind permits already granted and allow these projects to be constructed,” said a statement issued Monday by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Massachusetts Gov. ...Read more

Three million gallons of acidic mine drainage flooded into the Animas River basin 10 years ago, turning the southern Colorado river a mustard yellow and making international headlines.

Caused by federal contractors working to treat pollution from the Gold King Mine, the accidental release of water laden with heavy metals prompted the creation ...Read more

SpaceX remains on track to surpass 100 launches on the Space Coast for 2025, knocking out No. 70 on Sunday morning with four months to go.

A Falcon 9 on the Starlink 10-14 mission with 28 satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 7:49 a.m.

The first-stage booster made its 23rd flight with a ...Read more

CANTUA CREEK, Calif. — The fallowed farmland — too dry, salty and barren to grow crops — stretches across a remote, sunbaked expanse crisscrossed by rutted dirt roads.

Soon, roughly 15 square miles of these retired agricultural fields in western Fresno County will hold one of the world's largest solar and battery energy storage projects ...Read more

Suyun Ham can’t take his eyes off a scanner. "Lower the sensors a little bit more," Ham urges an assistant. Then a barrage of data floods in, filling computer screens for a diagnosis.

But Ham isn’t a medical doctor. Nor is his “patient” a living creature. An engineering professor from the University of Texas at Arlington, he is ...Read more

Georgia agriculture officials are warning farmers to be on the lookout for an invasive pest that is spreading rapidly in the state, posing a threat to cotton and other major crops.

The two-spot cotton leafhopper (Amrasca biguttula), more commonly known as the cotton jassid, is a tiny insect native to the Indian subcontinent, according to the ...Read more

Six orphaned gray foxes were found and cared for at the Wildlife Care Center in Saratoga for the last four months before being released back into the wild at Alum Rock Park in San Jose on Aug. 20.

Gray foxes are native to the Bay Area with a “pretty established” population, said Ashley Kinney, wildlife rehabilitation department manager for...Read more

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — With its luxury vacation homes dotted through alpine forests, its tens of thousands of tourists, and its huge concentration of the species Ursus americanus — has long been at the center of California's human-bear conflicts.

Bears stroll out of the woods and across crowded beaches to snatch food from coolers. They sneak...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. -- The Connecticut Forest and Park Association’s Master Woodland Manager program is returning for its fifth year this fall with a record-breaking 75 students despite having half the budget it started with last year.

To kick off the fifth year anniversary of the program, CFPA will host a cohort launch at Sessions Woods ...Read more

The final section of what scientists and engineers say will be the largest and most powerful pulsed, superconducting magnet in the world has been completed at the Poway campus of San Diego-based General Atomics.

The 270,000-pound module is poised for shipment to France where it will join six other identical sections at the ITER project — an ...Read more