Environment

Milo Cress, a young environmentalist, researched straw usage to come up with the 500 million estimate when he was just nine years old.

The United Kingdom is counting its butterflies — and will keep going for the next three weeks.

State scientists have recommended health limits for 12 species.

Tap the expertise of StateImpact Pennsylvania reporters and help build a statewide resource.

A Delaware professor is using a migratory bird species that nests in Delaware to predict the severity of the coming hurricane season.

New Jersey beaches and state parks are now mostly smoke free.

The study adds to a growing body of research that demonstrates how where you live matters for your health.

Numerous hypodermic syringes have been found late this week on Monmouth County's beaches.

EJ areas are now defined as a census block group with a 30 percent or greater minority population or 20 percent or greater population at or below the poverty level.

A southern Ocean County municipality is the latest to adopt a plastic bag ban at the Jersey Shore.

New analyses show it's likely more people than previously reported have been exposed to PFAs

The dense network of cables that make up the internet is likely to be inundated with saltwater as sea levels rise, a new analysis suggests.

State leaders and residents spoke out against the EPA’s denial of Delaware’s petition to reduce air pollution coming into Delaware from other states.

A drone flight and a lingering dry spell have exposed a previously unknown monument in Ireland's Boyne Valley, forgotten for thousands of years and long covered by crops.