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The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease.

The work is part of a years-long effort to get an accurate count of how many people were killed when a white mob decimated the city's prosperous Greenwood enclave, leaving upward of 300 people dead.

The 6-year-old boy feared lost after a hot-air balloon he was believed to be traveling in came down has been found safe in his home. The balloon was owned by the boy's parents; it was tethered behind their house.

The Obama administration has unveiled what it calls a calibrated and comprehensive strategy to deal with the conflicts in Sudan. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the new menu of what she called "incentives and disincentives," but did not specify what the punitive measures might be.

Climate change is not only having an impact on wildlife at the top of the world — it's affecting the economy and the region's business.

With a barrel of oil hovering above $90, many of the major oil companies are heading for the Gulf of Mexico. Higher oil revenues mean they can spend more to drill farther out at sea and deeper down.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Hallman on Thursday found that the U.S. Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Forest Management Act and the Endangered Species Act.

The administration is releasing new suggested guidelines for states and local communities on how to protect against extreme temperatures.

Moises and Daniel Monterrubio, with the help of friends, set up a nylon line across a massive gap in Yosemite National Park. They walked 2,800 feet across the line, which hung 1,600 feet above ground.

Cosplay has been a fixture of the Comic-Con world for more than a decade. Should our pets be embracing the geekery, too?