Climate Change Was The Engine That Powered Hurricane Maria's Devastating Rains Maria was the rainiest storm known to have hit Puerto Rico. Scientists say a storm of such severity is nearly five times more likely to occur today, with warmer air and ocean water, than in the '50s. Rebecca Hersher
Paradise, Calif., Water Is Contaminated But Residents Are Moving Back Anyway Despite public health warnings about benzene contamination in the town's water supply, some Paradise residents say they have no choice but to return. Kirk Siegler
Return of ze big bad wolf It’s thought that the last wolf in Germany was shot 150 years ago. But nature had another idea. Chris Morgan
‘Absolute terror.’ The first time I caught a grizzly bear It was 1994 in the Canadian Rockies and I was a nervous 24 year old standing between two well-armed men. Chris Morgan
Trump Administration Moves Forward With Proposal To Re-Define Waterway Protections The Trump administration's revisions to the Waters of the U.S. rule will strip federal water protections from millions of miles of rivers. The impact will be even more pronounced in the arid Southwest. Nathan Rott
Thousands of employees urge Amazon to kick its fossil fuel habit In an exceptionally large show of dissent from within a big tech firm, they’ve signed an open letter to CEO Jeff Bezos. John Ryan
‘Our relatives under the water.’ Lummi release salmon to ailing orcas Lummi tribal members released one live chinook salmon into the Salish Sea on Wednesday as a spiritual offering to J17, an orca matriarch who has been ailing. Caroline Chamberlain Gomez
Alaska's Ice Roads Are Melting Early This Year, With Devastating Consequences In Bethel, Alaska, record warm temperatures mean a frozen river that serves as an ice road is melting early. That's been deadly for some, and is leaving others unable to travel. Krysti Shallenberger
One Man's Quest To Protect A Rare Kind Of Hazelnut Tree The hazelnut business is in a bind. Demand is rising, supply is tight, and a deadly fungal disease is constraining production. But one man may have found a solution. Stacey Vanek Smith
Electric floatplanes could help sink two big pollution problems The zero-emission planes can't fly far, but they could help sink two big air-pollution problems. John Ryan