NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Alex Fogg, Natural Resources Chief of Okaloosa County, Florida, about efforts to deliberately sink the SS United States and create an artificial reef in its wreckage.

The Trump administration is working to rescind the "Roadless Rule," which blocks road construction in some national forests. This could affect Alaska's Tongass National Forest.

From Arctic landscapes to insect bodies, climate change is shifting the familiar colors of nature.

The Chesapeake Bay, home to blue crabs and striped bass, has a new apex predator: the blue catfish.

A slate of new progressives will be heading to Washington next year, many of whom cite climate action as a top priority.

In October 2025, the remnants of a typhoon seriously damaged Alaska Native villages in the far western part of the state. A year later, one of the hardest hit communities is still recovering.

Oyster reefs once abounded in the Chesapeake, but overharvesting slashed their populations, leading to poorer water quality and less habitat for other species. Now, researchers and local residents are finding creative ways to bring their numbers back up.

Residents are fighting back against plans for a project that would span thousands of acres near the Monongahela National Forest and popular outdoor recreation, ski areas and dark sky sites.

President Trump has promised to "unleash Alaska’s extraordinary resource potential" by making it easier to mine America’s Last Frontier.

A species of seabirds appears to become disoriented on flights back to its nest due to shifting time zones.