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Wisconsin regulators rarely inspect parks and allow many to go unlicensed — all while frustrations simmer with unresponsive landlords.

Earthquakes of magnitude 8.5 and larger are rare beasts on our planet and only 17 have been recorded since the era of ...

UC Santa Barbara study demonstrates the spatial connectivity between kelp forests and nearby beach ecosystems, with implications for habitat conservation and recovery efforts.

This is the second installment of Mongabay’s coverage of beaver restoration in California. Read the first story. TÁSMAM KOYÓM ...

For India, the path to becoming a great power will be arduous climb, fraught with geopolitical risks and dramatically less ...

As fall officially begins, the American Red Cross urges people to mark the new season with a lifesaving blood or platelet ...

Concrete waste is getting a new lease of life, as a local firm and Nan­yang Technological University (NTU) are recycling it ...

Earth-observing radar satellite’s first images of our planet’s surface are in, and they offer a glimpse of things to come.