More than 500,000 people are without power.

As climate change reshapes the Blue Ridge Mountains, the iconic brook trout is in decline.

Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica early Tuesday afternoon as a catastrophic Category 5 storm.

The spotted lanternfly has descended on fruit orchards and maple trees in much of the mid-Atlantic region. It’s an invasive species that can overtake and kill grape vines.

California wildlife officials have been working to mitigate the impact of the state's rebounding wolf population on its ranchers. The Northern California wolves that were euthanized had become dependent on cattle for food.

A vineyard in Virginia has turned pest control into a pastime, arming visitors with electric fly swatters to protect its vines from lanternflies. Randi B. Hagi with member station WMRA reports on its fly swatting competition.

In Brazil's coffee-producing areas, more than 42,000 square miles of forest have disappeared over about two decades, says Coffee Watch. Deforestation leads to drought, which harms crop yields.

Mosquitoes have been spotted in Iceland for the first time as the climate warms.

The Trump administration plans to offer parts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska for oil and gas drilling. It's part of a larger effort to advance controversial projects in the state that were blocked by the Biden administration.

The Trump administration has finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, renewing long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one of the nation's most sensitive wilderness areas.