However, other hazardous agricultural chemicals, like Paraquat and Phorat have yet to be fully regulated, leaving gaps within ...

Three baby falcons collided with buildings shortly after leaving their nest and two of them died, raising calls for "bird safe" windows.

Every spring for almost 30 years, peregrine falcons have nested high above the busy streets and rail yard in Harrisburg on a balcony ledge of a state office building. Since records were first kept in ...

American bald eagles made an incredible recovery. Now almost half suffer from lead poisoning due to ammunition fragments left ...

Rachel Carson was a marine biologist who wrote three books about life in the ocean, before a letter, published in The Boston Herald, prompted a change of focus. The ...

For many it seemed as if the world became smaller from 1926-76. There were more global alliances, thanks to another World War, technological advances and industrialization. The 50-year time span saw ...

We are finally progressing through the explosive growth spurt that occurs each spring. With the outdoor season finally here, I was reflecting on the recent Earth Day celebrations and the ongoing ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. — On hot summer nights in her hometown of Starke in rural North Florida, Susan McLeod remembers waiting impatiently for the mosquito truck’s rumble and smoke to billow into sight. The ...

The homesteaders at Gold Shaw Farm look for environmental causes behind a sudden drop in the local wild bird population. Biographer says Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew’s 'cover' ends Grandpa hurled ...

Rachel Carson brought awareness to the harmful effects of pesticides including DDT when she published her book “Silent Spring” in 1962. It took the United States another decade to ban the pesticide.

Silent Spring is one of those books where many people think they know what it says, have opinions about it, even if they haven’t read it. It’s a science book that, when you sit down and crack it open, ...