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Bird numbers in North America are down 30% from 1970. We look at what's behind the declines, what species have been hardest hit, and how to make your yard bird-friendly.

Lab-grown meat for dogs and cats might be on the market before lab-grown meat for humans.

Hollywood has long exploited our deep ambivalence about clowns, and this fall’s film lineup is no different.

With New Jersey facing rising seas and stronger storms, what are the costs for shoring up coastal towns, who is paying, and are we fighting a losing battle?

The UN is often criticized for talking a lot and not getting much done. But when it comes to eloquent talk, particularly about the future, it has always been the strongest.

Weeks ago, an announcement about the discovery on an exoplanet where it appeared possible for an atmosphere with precipitation to exist l ...

National Institutes of Health award $11.7 million to university to spearhead project comparing narcotic and non-narcotic pain medicine treatments

University researchers will examine possible associations between PFAS-contaminated drinking water and cancer as part of a federally funded health study.

The lifting of the injunction at the sinkhole site isn’t a final green light for Mariner East.

Residents in affected Bucks and Montgomery County communities will be eligible for blood testing as part of a national study on the effects of PFAS.

StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Susan Phillips sat down with Pomerance and asked him what he wants people to know right now.

Here are five commonly used myths and the real science that debunks them.

Upstream Alliance, an environmental group, organized last weekend’s event to show that the stretch between Philly and Camden is safe to float in — sometimes.

The salt marsh mosquito was once nicknamed the “New Jersey state bird.” But changing conditions are shifting concern from that mosquito to others.

StateImpact Pa. signed on to “Covering Climate Now,” an effort that describes itself as “aimed at strengthening the media’s focus on the climate crisis.”