Emergency workers in Pakistan's Punjab province have used drones to find people stranded by massive floods.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has shaken eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border.

Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is experiencing its worst flood in history, according to a senior official.

Biologists are using drones to scare wolves away from cattle.

Thousands of Americans will head to beaches for one last summer splash this Labor Day weekend, and many of them will arrive at beaches where swimming is not advised because of unsafe levels of fecal contamination.

The Environmental Protection Agency has fired at least eight employees who signed a letter criticizing the agency’s leadership under Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump.

A feud over management of one of North America's longest rivers has been simmering in the courts for years.

California energy regulators are postponing implementation of a penalty on oil companies if their profits climb too high.

A lawsuit challenges Hawaii's new tourist tax on cruise ship passengers, claiming it is unconstitutional.

As the National Weather Service scrambles to hire up to 450 people to restore deep cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, potential applicants are being asked to explain how they would advance President Donald Trump’s agenda if hired.

The Transportation Department has canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects.

Florida boasts at least 1,000 freshwater springs, more than any other U.S. state.

Rescuers in Pakistan have been racing to evacuate tens of thousands of people stranded by floods in Punjab province, as floodwater inundated some villages near Lahore.

Oregon lawmakers gathered in Salem on Friday for a special session focused on transportation funding.

Residents of New Orleans are marking the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastating landfall on the Gulf Coast.

Japanese officials have released AI-generated videos simulating a potential eruption of Mount Fuji.

Some people spend their entire lives dreaming of that one special day where they walk down the aisle to be married.

A growing number of cranberry bogs in Massachusetts are being converted back to nature as farmers get out of the business.

Rescuers in Pakistan's Punjab province are racing to reach stranded families after heavy rain and water from overflowing dams in India caused major rivers to burst their banks.

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat.

A new study says climate change that has driven scorching temperatures and dwindling rainfall made massive wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus this summer burn much more fiercely.

A decade after 2005's Hurricane Katrina, one Mississippi city began offering property tax breaks to encourage building near the waterfront.

Torrential rainfall has left at least 34 people dead in Pakistan and India and triggered flash floods and landslides in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Heavy rain has caused flooding and landslides in parts of Southeast Asia, where at least eight deaths were reported in the aftermath of a tropical storm.

Efforts to restore the red-legged frog to Southern California, where it had all but disappeared, seemed doomed when the COVID-19 pandemic struck and restrictions were put in place at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Massive walls of dust and debris called haboobs that roll through the U.S. Southwest can be awe-inspiring and terrifying, especially for motorists caught in their path.

Firefighting crews are trying to corral a fast-growing blaze churning through central California’s Sierra National Forest, as forecasters warn that lightning strikes from thunderstorms could spark new ignitions.

Tropical storms Juliette and Fernand are churning over open waters — one in the Pacific Ocean and one in the Atlantic.

Officials say rescuers in eastern Pakistan have evacuated tens of thousands of people to safer areas after neighboring India released water from overflowing dams and swollen rivers into low-lying border regions.

Heavy rain has hit Southeast Asia after Typhoon Kajiki made landfall in Vietnam.

Crews are cleaning up downed trees and electricity largely is restored after a powerful dust storm hit the Phoenix area.

Four homes have been destroyed by a wildfire in central Oregon, but authorities say rain and cooler temperatures have helped them start to stabilize the blaze.

The Trump administration has halted construction on a nearly complete wind farm off Rhode Island and Connecticut, citing national security concerns.

Climate change is fueling conditions across several states that make watching the corn grow a nail-biter for farmers.

Hurricane Erin never made landfall, but it left behind rough ocean conditions along the U.S. East Coast.

Vietnam has evacuated hundreds of thousands and closed schools and airports as Typhoon Kajiki, its strongest storm so far this year, nears landfall.

Tropical Storm Fernand is strengthening over open Atlantic waters as it churns well east of Bermuda.

Thousands of homes are under evacuation orders and warnings because of wildfires in Northern California wine country and in central Oregon.

Boaters, beachgoers and fishermen who spend time in the chilly waters of New England and Canada are learning to live with great white sharks.

Typhoon Kajiki has brought strong winds and heavy rain to southern China's Hainan island and parts of Guangdong province.

Hurricane Katrina changed New Orleans' education system forever, creating the first all-charter school district in the U.S. The Associated Press spoke with three survivors about their experiences.

Residents in the Western U.S. are enduring a heat wave with temperatures reaching dangerous levels across Washington, Oregon, Southern California, Nevada, and Arizona.

As Hurricane Erin pelted North Carolina’s barrier islands with strong winds and waves, it destroyed many nests of threatened sea turtles.

A federal judge has halted further expansion of the immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Florida Everglades.

As AI becomes a part of everyday life, its massive energy and water needs are coming more into focus.

Millions of Americans are facing record heat with temperatures frequently over 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

Berlin’s newest panda twins have celebrated their first birthday with frozen vegetable treats and a candle made out of bamboo shoots.

Strong winds and waves from Hurricane Erin have battered Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard as dangerous rip currents continue to threaten from the Carolinas to New England.

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction halting further expansion of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” as it winds down its operations in 60 days to comply with environmental laws.

President Donald Trump is blaming renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power for skyrocketing energy costs.

A Wyoming grand jury has indicted a man on an animal cruelty charge after he allegedly hit a wolf with a snowmobile, taped its mouth shut and brought it into a bar before killing it.

Students and teachers often suffer heat-related illnesses at schools in Puerto Rico, one of many places where extreme heat is disrupting children’s education more frequently.

Giraffes are now classified into four distinct species in Africa.

Hurricane Erin is starting to churn up big waves along the northeast coast after pelting North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and swells that flooded a few places on the barrier islands.

Officials have lowered the alert level for a volcano near Alaska’s largest city to normal.

Chinese officials have showcased what they claim will be the world's largest solar farm on the Tibetan plateau.

Two homes on North Carolina's Outer Banks sit precariously in high waves generated by Hurricane Erin with their days seemingly numbered.

Bolivia heads into an Oct. 19 runoff between centrist Rodrigo Paz Pereira and right-wing ex-president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga after nearly 20 years of socialist rule.

The Philadelphia Zoo is showing off 16 critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoise hatchlings.

There's clearly an appetite for shopping sustainably online.

Immigrants face increased risks this hurricane season due to aggressive immigration enforcement.

Hurricane Erin is strengthening again and forecasters say it could intensify again to be a major hurricane.

It's the time of year for Cape Verde hurricanes.

A dangerous heat wave has descended on much of California and the U.S. Southwest, with triple-digit temperatures expected along with a higher risk of wildfires.

A Yosemite National Park ranger was fired after hanging a pride flag from El Capitan, and some visitors to the California park face potential prosecution for participating in a demonstration.

A U.S. appeals court has put the brakes on the transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a company that plans to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America.

Hurricane Erin is churning slowly toward the eastern U.S. coast and stirring up waves that already have forced dozens of beach rescues.

Italy’s Ventina glacier in northern Lombardy has melted so much due to climate change that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years.

Switching to a heat pump is often touted as a climate-friendly choice that can help your wallet, too.

Anguished Pakistanis are searching remote areas for bodies swept away by weekend flash floods as the death toll has reached 277.

Hurricane Erin is forcing evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks as it churns in the Atlantic where high winds and heavy rain are pelting the Turks and Caicos Islands and parts of the Bahamas.

Cloudbursts are causing chaos in mountainous parts of India and Pakistan, with tremendous amounts of rain falling in a short period of time over a concentrated area.

Spain is deploying 500 more soldiers to help battle wildfires that have ravaged parched woodlands during a prolonged heat wave, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said.

Coastal communities nationwide are ramping up efforts to restore and protect their shorelines as climate change causes more intense and destructive storms and leads to sea-level rise that puts tens of millions of people at risk.

The explosion this week at U.S. Steel's Pittsburgh-area plant has reignited debate about its future.

The U.S. Postal Service is facing congressional attempts to strip billions in federal EV funding.

Hurricane Erin has been downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane but is gaining in size and raising the risk of life-threatening surf later this week along the U.S. Eastern seaboard.

Officials say rescuers have recovered dozens more bodies from the rubble of collapsed homes in a northwestern district of Pakistan, bringing the death toll to at least 274, as authorities defended their response to the flooding and said they did not need any foreign help at this point.

It has been 150 years since miners first flocked to South Dakota's Black Hills in a gold rush that displaced Native Americans.

In California’s Death Valley National Park, one of the hottest places on Earth, summer temperatures can soar into the 130s F.

Forecasters say Erin has exploded into a major hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean just north of the Caribbean.

Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used to produce plastic products fell apart in Geneva this week.

A deer hunter has discovered a rare subtropical wood stork in the wilds of Wisconsin.

Small-scale solar panels about the size of a door are poised to be plugged into more U.S. homes and apartments as homeowners and renters who want to harness the sun’s energy look for cheaper alternatives to rooftop installations.

Firefighters in Spain, Portugal and Greece are battling ongoing wildfires as hot, dry conditions persist.

Hurricane Erin has strengthened into a Category 2 storm as it approaches Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, bringing heavy rains that could cause flooding and landslides.

Officials say flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed over 280 people in India and Pakistan and left scores of others missing.

Officials in Pakistan say flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 49 people in the northwest and elsewhere in the country over the past 24 hours.

Paleontologists have identified a new whale species from a 25-million-year-old fossil found on an Australian beach.

Talks on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution in Geneva ended without an agreement Friday.

The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska’s capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those who live along the picturesque river that winds from the nearby Mendenhall Glacier.

Allegheny County is increasing air quality monitoring after an explosion at a U.S. Steel plant south of Pittsburgh killed two people and injured more than 10 others.

Well-known Wyoming trial lawyer Gerry Spence has died at age 96.

Florida wildlife officials have given preliminary approval to a plan to reopen Apalachicola Bay for oyster harvesting, five years after the waters were closed due to dwindling shellfish populations.

Republican lawmakers are blaming Canada for not preventing and containing wildfires, whose smoke has fouled the air in several states this year.

Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution will draw to a close Friday.

Fire crews in Greece, Spain, and Portugal are racing to contain wildfires.

Flash floods caused by torrential rains in Indian-controlled Kashmir have left at least 56 people.

A new study warns that rising sea levels could threaten Easter Island’s iconic moai statues by the end of the century.

Ashton Dolce joined the Youth Preparedness Council at the nation's disaster relief agency to advocate for issues such as protection from extreme heat.