The Bronkhorstspruit water crisis is not because of a single failure but rather a cascade of systemic breakdowns.

With the clocks springing forward this weekend and the temperature finally feeling milder, I am well on my way to booking my ...

Scientists have spent a lot of time thinking about how the nutrients in whale feces—also known as whale pump —benefit species in shallow waters, as whales swim up from the deep sea, where they feed, ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part three in a four-part series. Read part one here ...

An initiative in Zambia is showing that a profit-seeking company can help rural farmers battling extreme weather breed chickens that lay more eggs.

Farmers in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Rajasthan are growing more water-thirsty crops - rice, wheat, and onion - draining ...

Working to bring the dilapidated, malodorous toilet facilities at some of the Bay Area’s most popular beaches up to a more ...

But according to @thedistinctivegardener, a self-contained one like this wall fountain works well because ... trickling of ...

Columbia artist Blue Sky’s “Busted Plug,” a 40-foot fire hydrant sculpture that stood for 22 years, lies abandoned in a field ...

To save a coastal wetlands, county officials worry Florida Power & Light is jeopardizing the ongoing clean-up of a saltwater ...

Between Amazon’s Big Spring Sale and Walmart’s Spring Savings Sale, merchants are trying to make spring sales a thing—and ...

A couple were stunned to find a secret 200-year-old well ... crystal-clear water and after months of hard work, they managed to install a pump to create their very own wishing well, covered ...