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Students lobby to dethrone Connecticut's state insect, the voraciously predatory praying mantis

Students lobby to dethrone Connecticut's state insect, the voraciously predatory praying mantis

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — When it comes to state insects, most states honor beloved and benign bugs, like butterflies, honey bees and ladybugs.
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Parks Canada investigation finds no evidence of Banff cougar attack

Parks Canada investigation finds no evidence of Banff cougar attack

BANFF, Alta. — Parks Canada says an investigation has turned up no evidence of a cougar attack reported last month in Banff National Park. Alberta Health Services has said emergency crews responded to the Rockbound Lake trailhead on Feb.
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A Saudi business is leaving Arizona valley after it was targeted by the state over groundwater use

A Saudi business is leaving Arizona valley after it was targeted by the state over groundwater use

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona officials said a Saudi-owned company they targeted over its use of groundwater to grow forage crops is moving its farming operation out of a valley in the Southwestern state’s rural west. Gov.
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Much of America asks: Where did winter go? Spring starts early as US winter was warmest on record

Much of America asks: Where did winter go? Spring starts early as US winter was warmest on record

Across much of America and especially in the normally chilly north, the country went through the winter months without, well, winter. In parka strongholds Burlington, Vermont, and Portland, Maine, the thermometer never plunged below zero .
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Maple syrup season came weeks early in the Midwest. Producers are doing their best to adapt

Maple syrup season came weeks early in the Midwest. Producers are doing their best to adapt

DEERBROOK, Wis. (AP) — Jeremy Solin doesn't need a jacket right now on his family farm in northern Wisconsin. There's no snow blanketing the dead leaves in the grove of sugar maples.
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At Northwestern, students watch climate change through maple trees

At Northwestern, students watch climate change through maple trees

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Big Mama has seen a lot of students passing by in her 120 years.
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Fewer fish and more algae? Scientists seek to understand impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes ice

Fewer fish and more algae? Scientists seek to understand impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes ice

RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island's fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had to cut this season's planned seven-week survey short after just two weeks.
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Leaked map suggests B.C. has approved less than half of proposed old-growth deferrals

Leaked map suggests B.C. has approved less than half of proposed old-growth deferrals

A report from the B.C.
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To save water, drought-hit Morocco is closing its famous public baths three days a week

To save water, drought-hit Morocco is closing its famous public baths three days a week

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — For years, Fatima Mhattar has welcomed shopkeepers, students, bankers and retirees to Hammam El Majd, a public bath on the outskirts of Morocco's capital, Rabat.
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Norfolk Southern alone should pay for cleanup of Ohio train derailment, judge says

Norfolk Southern alone should pay for cleanup of Ohio train derailment, judge says

Norfolk Southern alone will be responsible for paying for the cleanup after last year's fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio, a federal judge ruled.
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