A tornado tore through Hays County, causing destruction to homes and property, but the family of Aaron Snow and their neighbors are safe and the baby is still on the way.

There was only one direction for Kathy VerSteeg to leave Sibley, Iowa, just after 2 p.m. on Wednesday. “We went east,” ...

Seattle, along with other cities, is struggling to balance the need for more housing with the preservation and growth of ...

The Nature Conservancy recommends changes to industrial practices that include accounting for sensitive areas when siting ...

One of the most striking patterns in the aftermath of many urban fires is how much unburned green vegetation remains amid the ...

A strict 'Zone 0' rule against landscaping is risky. Well-maintained and watered vegetation could prevent the spread of fires.

When Thomas "T" Diemer moved to New Orleans in 1988, he noticed the palm trees everywhere — especially the ones with bright orange fruit. “Once, even I stopped the car because a tree had so ...

I wrote recently about pollinator-friendly plants and, in response, an email from Susan Savolainen, who gardens in Banning, drew my attention to a number of bee-attracting trees. The first of ...

Damaging winds brought down trees in many places, with branches burying a car in one Mechanicsburg neighborhood. PennDOT is also reporting a number of downed wires and roads closed for flooding ...

A fire ignited in the Covington Flats area of Joshua Tree National Park on Friday afternoon and burned 175 acres and several Joshua trees in a region ... 85 degrees with wind gusts up to about ...