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Why did a $72 million mission to study water on the moon fail so soon after launch? A new NASA report has the answer.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to take the gray wolf off the endangered species list. The wolf had been extirpated from the West and had dwindled most other places in the U.S. The great canine has rebounded since it was reintroduced to the northern Rockies in the 1990s and is continuing to spread into the Pacific Northwest. But biologists warn that if these wolves loses federal protection, they will not be able to return to some places, such as Colorado, where the ecosystem sorely needs them.

George, the last of his species of Hawaiian land snail, died on New Year's Day. Wildlife biologist David Sischo tells NPR, "I very rarely saw him outside of his shell."

The cause of death for a body found in Kentucky Lake on June 20 has been ruled a homicide and a suspect is now in police custody. A Kentucky State Medical…

Two Illinois men are dead after a boat the men were on capsized Thursday near Smithland Lock & Dam in Livingston County. A statement from Kentucky…

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife says it’s time to expand the area in which bears can be hunted in the state by about 20 percent.They say the…

Muzzleloader season starts this weekend for Kentucky deer hunters. While this organic meat offers food for families, the inedible parts are often left…

Dr. Sue Goldie and New York Times reporter John Branch recount how a private, years-long conversation about her Parkinson's became a public story.

NPR's Debbie Elliott asks Bloomberg energy reporter Jennifer Dlouhy about the Trump administration's moves to weaken environmental regulations this past year.

You didn't hear her voice on the air or know of her influence over our coverage, but Brenda was the kind of editor journalists dream of. She would get the best from correspondents and quietly fix their mistakes. If she liked what she read or heard, she'd give it her ultimate blessing: "Cool beans."