Nations have started a crucial meeting to finalize a treaty to tackle the global plastic pollution crisis.

Scientists have solved the mystery of what killed over 5 billion sea stars — also known as starfish — off the Pacific coast of North America.

Hundreds of remote homes are being threatened by a massive wildfire burning through Los Padres National Forest in central California.

Counties want to remake Washington’s approach to public defense, in which they shoulder almost all the costs of representing people who can’t afford attorneys.

Expect rain showers midweek, but don't expect them to make up for our recent dry spell. Seattle is inches behind its expected rainfall for the year.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A zoo in Denmark is asking for donations of small pets as food for its predators. The Aalborg Zoo said it is trying to mimic the natural food chain of the animals ...

As other salmon runs edge toward extinction, including Lake Washington sockeye, the Baker River is beckoning in a record run this summer.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rallied on Monday and won back most of their sharp loss from last week, when worries about how President Donald Trump’s tariffs may be punishing the economy sent a ...

The lawsuit comes as Columbia University has been threatened with the potential loss of billions of dollars in government support.

NINOSHIMA, Japan (AP) — When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural island of Ninoshima, just south of Hiroshima ...

The free entrance day celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act, a federal law which helped pay for maintenance on public lands.

The National Science Foundation can continue to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars from researchers in several states until litigation aimed at restoring it plays out.