Environment

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife reports there are 187 active bald eagle nests in the state.

Since 1996, the red wolf has been on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's list of critically endangered species.

Farmers who want to sell electricity to utilities generally lease land to power companies to build the panels.

The protest drew international attention, helped win miners a portion of their back pay, and highlighted the state’s failure to collect bond payments from companies like Blackjewel, as the law requires.

Around October every year,, fourth-generation monarch butterflies in the United States make an annual 3,000-mile journey to the oyamel fir forests of central Mexico, without ever having been there themselves.

Officials hope to develop informative, downloadable apps that would allow visitors to take self-guided tours.

Stagnating wages, growing utility bills, and rising housing costs have caused more residents in rural coal country to look to solar power.