Environment

Recent data indicates that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been at record high levels the past two years.

Fireflies are often reminiscent of childhood summers — but there's so much more to the insect than meets the eye.

Seeing this native species that breeds throughout Kentucky may require some patience since this bird moves rather slowly in the treetops.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects “a record addition” of new utility-scale solar power this year.

Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities want to condemn land in the wildlife corridor that state funding helped buy.

Kentucky is finalizing a ban on hunting feral swine in hopes of slowing their advance.

The periodical cicadas of Brood XIX began emerging in Hopkinsville over the weekend.

Last year, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group ranked the Ohio River as the second most endangered river in the country.

A driving force behind many state parks, the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund’s financial resources dwindled recent years.

The EPA says Kentucky will use the $62 million to “expand access to low-income solar through financial assistance models and workforce development programming.”

Because birds use light to match their behaviors to their environment, scientists have lots of questions about how they will respond to the eclipse.

In Christian County, 98% of the sun will be obscured.