The powerful automobile recycling industry in California has avoided toxic waste disposal regulations for decades, but there are signs the situation could be about to ... more

A project in Tupper Lake, N.Y., was approved after a nearly decade-long tug of war between environmentalists and pro-development residents.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has not given a license to build since 1978, a year before the Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania.

A drug that scientists had hoped would help prevent breast cancer has a significant side effect.

A partial skull from the Cretaceous period suggests that the crocodile had a bulging shield of thickened skin on its forehead and was considerably bigger ... more

From an island off Maine to the Labrador Sea to the vicinity of Bermuda, the puffin really gets around after its nesting season concludes each ... more