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French Polynesia will fully protect 200,000 square miles of ocean, about twice the size of Arizona, in one of the largest marine reserves anywhere on Earth.

US wildlife officials finalized about 1.5 million acres of critical habitat in six states for the rusty patched bumble bee, the first US bee listed as endangered.

US solar power out-generated coal for the first time in May 2026, supplying a record 12.8% of the nation's electricity, according to federal energy data.

Four nurses at Connecticut Children's Hospital created a coloring book, 'A Message to My Sibling,' to help children connect with newborns in the NICU at home.

A new solar panel desalination system turns seawater into clean drinking water, avoids toxic brine waste, and can recover lithium for batteries.

After his wife died, a Rhode Island retiree found purpose turning curbside trash into treasure, fixing up castoffs and selling them low to help neighbors.

Three teens won the Global Earth Prize for Plas-Stick, a tamarind powder that clumps microplastics in water so they can be lifted out with a magnet.

Endangered North Atlantic right whales had 23 calves this season, the most since 2009, with shorter gaps between births hinting at a real recovery.

A cancer-killing virus injected into pancreatic tumors stopped them growing in three patients, with one stable a year on, offering a breakthrough against the deadly disease.

Ernesto Gael Hernandez saved his chore money for a printer. His 10-year-old 3D printing business in Brownsville has already made $1,500 in profit.