Colossal Biosciences/Business Wire via APScience NewsGene engineering of wild plants and animals gets nod of approval from top environmental groups
Jiri Cerny / Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences / Nikon Small WorldScience NewsStunning micro images reveal the invisible world around us
Alex Potemkin / Getty ImagesEnvironmentMore than 20 states sue EPA over canceled grants for solar power
Himanshu Sharma / AFP via Getty ImagesClimate in CrisisThe world is heading to add 57 superhot days a year, but study indicates it could have been worse
JMichl / iStockphoto via Getty ImagesClimate in CrisisU.S. rivers are experiencing unprecedented and unexpectedly intense warming
Ali Matin / Middle East Images / AFP - Getty Images fileScience NewsScientists predict wildfire smoke will be most costly climate-related health hazard
NASA Earth ObservatoryScience NewsMelting glacier creates a new island in Alaska, satellite images show
Fernando Vergara / APScience NewsEndangered pink river dolphins face a rising mercury threat in the Amazon
Chelsea Bennice, Ph.D. / Florida Atlantic University Marine Science LaboratoryScience NewsA new analysis of underwater videos shows octopuses are 'incredible multitaskers'
Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images fileScience NewsOver 85 scientists say Energy Dept. climate report lacks merit
James Yungel / NASA fileScience NewsScientists could soon lose a key tool for studying Antarctica's melting ice sheets as climate risks grow
Luke McCall / AP fileU.S. newsTwo civilians indicted for their role in Pearl Harbor fuel spill that sickened 6,000
Mingson Lau / AP fileU.S. newsTaking a dip Labor Day weekend? Swimmers face fecal contamination at beaches along US coastline
NBC News StudiosFloodsA flood of floods: Appalachians in Kentucky struggle to recover from a barrage of disasters
Bennett Whitnell / Hakai Institute via APScience NewsScientists say they've found out what killed over 5 billion sea stars
Timur Matahari / AFP via Getty ImagesClimate in CrisisPlastics 'crisis' is costing $1.5 trillion in global deaths and injuries, report says
Giorgio Viera / AFP - Getty ImagesReal EstateHurricane risk in Florida is escalating. Home insurance is harder to get.
Jacquelyn Martin / AP fileTrump administrationEPA eliminates research and development office as it begins layoffs
Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images fileClimate changeHow past flooding is being used by property owners to assess climate threats
Juliette Arcodia / NBC NewsEnvironmentMaryland's blue crabs — and its crabbers — are having a rough season
Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images fileScience NewsEPA head promises to clear the air on conspiracies about government engineering of weather
Julio Cortez / AP fileEnvironmentU.S. faces more frequent extreme weather events, but attitudes and actions aren't keeping up
U.S. Coast Guard via Cover Images / APEnvironmentHow a confluence of extreme weather, geography and timing created Texas' flood disaster
Ashley Landis / APEnvironmentIn Texas, cutting-edge weather forecasts hit their limits as Trump budget cuts loom
Eric Vryn / Getty ImagesScience NewsNational Weather Service defends its flood warnings amid fresh scrutiny of Trump staff cuts
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service / USDAScience NewsU.S. plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest
