Meet McKay Jenkins, University of Delaware professor, who's feeling just fine but one day goes to the doctor and learns he has a tumor the size of a navel orange growing in his abdomen.

It's true that hotels, motels and inns have made efforts to lessen their impact.

Imagine a space borne instrument that measures the nation's air quality in five-square-mile grids every hour.

California now gets about 5 percent of its electricity from wind power, according to data released Tuesday by the California Wind Energy Association.

How easy is it to recreate nature? When it comes to wetlands, the answer seems to be "not very."

Note to reader: This column addresses the "100 Days of Real Food" mini-pledge series, which details 14 weekly steps for cutting out highly processed food.

Back in the 1980s, when conservation advocates were trying to stop logging in old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest, they relied on a 1982 regulation that required the National Forest Service to protect wildlife such as the spotted owl throughout its range. They won, and a new Northwest forest plan in 1990 greatly reduced logging in the region's old-growth forests on federal land.

Take warning, beachgoers: That carefully built sand castle could turn out to be a real pain in the gut.

So what does save energy in a home?

You've read the energy-saving tips. You've armed yourself with caulk. You're ready to do some serious damage to your gas and electric bills.

Dozens of snakes slumbering the winter away underneath abandoned railroad tracks faced a wake-up call that could have proved fatal.

Lighting Maryland homes with power from giant turbines off Ocean City moved closer to reality Thursday, as federal officials announced they are ready to lease vast areas along the Mid-Atlantic coast for wind farms.

Marine biologist Nancy Black was released without bail Thursday after pleading not guilty to a host of charges related to her research with killer whales on Monterey Bay.

Where, oh where are all the birds this mild winter?

The prickly pear cactus may not sound like a trendy cash crop, but it could become a phenomenon among farmers on the arid west side of California's San Joaquin Valley.