LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University will receive $83,806 to measure wind speeds in five areas around the state.

The state says in a release Thursday that the project is...

AVALON, Calif. (AP) — Birth control for bison?

That's what conservationists are giving a herd on Santa Catalina Island in an attempt to reduce the population. Females over the age...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Conservationists say Congolese schoolchildren will soon be able to take a closer look at baby mountain gorillas.

Virunga National Park spokeswoman Samantha...

New England was expected to see another dreary day, while the Pacific Northwest remains under wintry conditions on Friday.

A low pressure system was forecast to continue moving over...

CAIRO (AP) — A famous Lebanese pop singer, who normally stirs controversy for her seductive dresses and provocative dancing, has now been accused of singing a song with racist...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A judge says the government must keep Yellowstone-area grizzly bears on the list of threatened and endangered species, denying an attempt by federal officials to...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Drillers say it's getting so hard to obtain an oil-and-gas lease in the Rocky Mountains under the new administration of President Barack Obama that many aren't...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Are cramped chickens crazy chickens?

Researchers are trying to answer that question through several studies that intend to take emotions out...

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters have fully surrounded a 145-acre wildfire in Southern California.

Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Greg McKeown says the fire was...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service should allow helicopters to fight fires during darkness, a tactic that could have been used in the critical first hours of the summer's gigantic...

WASHINGTON (AP) — National forests can be used as a carbon "sink" with vast numbers of trees absorbing carbon dioxide to help slow global warming, the Forest Service chief said Wednesday,...

NEW YORK (AP) — You might call him the Mickey Mouse of video games. He's reminiscent of a doughnut, round and sweet and comforting....

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department said Wednesday it will more closely monitor and review state-approved permits for mountaintop coal mining and also tighten the federal permitting...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An environmental group is seeking to stop three logging projects on several thousand acres in northwest Montana, arguing that the timber sales would harm the area's...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A scientist testified that runoff from fields spread with poultry manure accounted for a major portion of phosphorus pollution in a sensitive northeastern Oklahoma...

LONDON (AP) — The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A solid majority of Americans recognize the need to help the environment, although there are some things — like buying a hybrid car or taking mass transit — that...

If you missed out on Washington's cash incentive program to trade in your old clunker, Uncle Sam still has a deal for you: The government will sell you rejects from its own fleet, even as it...

BEIJING (AP) — A joint statement by the U.S. and Chinese presidents on climate change is encouraging as pressure builds in the last few weeks before a 192-nation conference in Copenhagen,...

BEIJING (AP) — President Barack Obama, with China's leader at his side, lifted his sights Tuesday for a broad interim accord at next month's climate...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Scientists say they've made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that "think" like a living thing's brain — an effort that tests the limits of...

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (AP) — Cold weather and calm winds are helping firefighters in their battle against a wildfire in Southern California.

Orange County Fire Authority Capt....

MOIRA, N.Y. (AP) — A northern New York man is recovering after being attacked by a 10-point buck while he was loading firewood. Authorities said Gerald Dabiew, 56, was cut and bruised from...

AP sources: Senate health care bill likely to include new insurance program for long-term care

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate health care legislation expected this week is likely to...