Record US summer heat and El Niño impacts dominate climate concerns as wildlife faces critical threats and policy shifts reshape environmental protections

Forecasters warn of record-breaking US summer heat with more than 100 million people potentially affected in the week leading to July 4th, with increased risks of droughts and wildfires as El Niño intensifies across the nation.

Seabirds along the California coast are experiencing mass starvation as a persistent marine heat wave pushes fish to deeper, cooler waters, with scientists unable to predict the full extent of the ecological die-off expected from El Niño conditions.

New Orleans residents face potential forced evacuation as a recent study identifies the city at a 'point of no return' amid climate crisis impacts, with locals expressing reluctance to abandon their homes despite warnings from climate scientists.

Trump administration has lifted environmental protections from more than 86 million acres of public land, contrasting sharply with Theodore Roosevelt's conservation legacy as the president prepares to attend the opening of Roosevelt's presidential library.

The UK government breached environmental law multiple times when granting emergency authorizations for bee-killing pesticides in 2023 and 2024, according to the Office for Environmental Protection watchdog.

Nine matches during the World Cup group stage were played in severe heat conditions, prompting the players' union to issue climate warnings about the dangers of extreme temperatures to athletes and highlighting lessons for global sports.

A new artificial cell structure created in laboratories demonstrates capabilities to grow, feed, divide and compete, raising significant questions about the definition of life and implications for future synthetic biology development.

NASA's Swift Observatory studying powerful cosmic explosions faces imminent atmospheric burn-up within months without a rescue mission, prompting the space agency to develop a salvage operation plan.

A new study provides additional evidence that turtles share a common ancestor with crocodiles and birds, helping to resolve long-standing scientific questions about the evolutionary origins of these shelled reptiles.