Patrick Whittle

The federal government has outlined a strategy to try to protect an endangered species of whale while also developing offshore wind power off the East Coast.

Concealed behind trees near Lake Michigan, two scientists remotely manipulated a robotic owl on the forest floor. As the intruder flapped its wings and hooted, a merlin guarding its nest in a nearby pine darted overhead, sounding high−pitched, rapid−fire distress calls.

A trade deal between Canada and the European Union could amount to a lump of coal for the U.S. at Christmastime.

As the North Atlantic right whale nears the end of a year of dangerously high mortality, federal ocean regulators are calling for it to remain listed as endangered.