Can birds outsing traffic? Some are trying New research from scientists at the Centre for Ecological Research in Hungary finds that some birds living in cities are changing their songs to compete with traffic and other urban noise. Environment Story Of The Day NPR hide caption toggle caption NPR Environment Can birds outsing traffic?
The first of five villagers who were trapped in a cave in Laos emerged on Friday night, after rescue workers pulled him out safely. "The first victim has been successfully rescued out of the cave," a Thai rescue group said in a Facebook post.
For years, a worst-case climate scenario served as a stark warning of what could happen if the world failed to curb fossil fuel use.
People walk past damage from Hurricane Melissa in Black River, Jamaica on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. Federal forecasters predict 8 to 14 named storms, including tropical storms and hurricanes, will form in the Atlantic in 2026.
The PDX Community Solar project is funded by a more than $4 million grant from the Portland Clean Energy Fund. It provides power to qualified low-income residents in Portland, Oregon's Cully neighborhood.
In conservative Utah, a group of communities joined forces to bring more renewable energy to the electric grid. The group ranges from the state's largest city to rural towns, such as Coalville. Their effort could be a model for other U.S.
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Mike Durglo Jr. has devoted his life to preparing his home and his people for climate change. As the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes climate change coordinator he wrote one of the first tribal climate action plans in the country over 15 years ago.
Divers have been able to confirm that the deceased humpback whale spotted off the Danish coast is the creature that came to be nicknamed "Timmy" as it spent more than a month stranded off the northern German coastline in the Baltic Sea. Denmark's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirmed the news on Saturday.
A fire fighter conducts a controlled burn in southern Washington. Chiara Eisner/NPR hide caption toggle caption Chiara Eisner/NPR It was a rare windless April day in southern Washington and Adam Lieberg was stuck in front of his computer.
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A whale has reportedly been spotted off the Danish island of Anholt, with the local Danish Environmental Protection Agency believing it has been dead for some time, according to Danish media.