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A crew plans to leave Nome, Alaska Thursday and sail to the North Pole. The voyage may now be possible due to sea ice melt in the Arctic caused by climate change.

A study in the journal Science Advances reveals how polar bears manage to get wet in the cold without their fur freezing.

President Trump is moving ahead on his promise to deport record numbers of migrants. NPR speaks with John Sandweg, former acting director of ICE in the Obama administration, to discuss Trump's plans.

By Tom Dodge, KERA Commentaryhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kera/local-kera-724251.mp3Dallas, TX – Buffalo Creek forks north of…

By KERA News & Wire ServicesDallas, TX – The death toll from flooding caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Her-mean could increase after authorities…

Jason Wells told senators that, were he to resign now, it would set back the utility’s efforts to fix the worst problems hurting ratepayers at the height of the hurricane season.

A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked President Biden's 100-day moratorium on most deportations. One man who was scheduled for deportation is tangled in the bureaucratic morass.

Wisconsin knows this well: When you make more than 2 billion pounds of cheese a year it creates the salty byproduct cheese brine. Normally you discard it but folks in Milwaukee had an idea. Why not use that salty stuff to de-ice roads? It might also be better for the environment.

Orcas are lingering longer in the Arctic Ocean, as sea ice there shrinks. The whales often travel to access varieties of prey, but it's likely there are now more hunting opportunities in the Arctic.

Immigration authorities face calls to close the immigration court system and release detainees from ICE custody after the first detention center worker tested positive for the coronavirus.