Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. When Truphena Muthoni stepped up to a royal palm in Nyeri and ...

Lauren Thomas woke up the Friday before Christmas, hungover. The night before, Lauren and her group of best friends in Austin, Texas, had emptied the last of her wine cabinet. Polishing off the large ...

It was one Christmas visitor that didn’t overstay its welcome. A Burmese python that had been spotted in a Miami-Dade neighborhood was removed just days before Christmas after a resident out for a ...

With so many varieties sold as Christmas trees, knowing what differentiates a Douglas fir from a Norway spruce is key to shopping for a real tree you’ll love. You’re likely to see more than one ...

MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. – A Roseville babysitter will spend the rest of her life behind bars for abusing a 23-month-old boy, which led to his death. Kimora Launmei Hodges was found guilty by a jury in ...

A hidden wooden platform with a direct view of Donald Trump's runway went unnoticed for years—until federal agents suddenly took it down. A local hunter says he's seen it before, and now the FBI is ...

When Rachael Wonderlin and Darla Whitlock need a babysitter they know where to look — their smartphones. The moms are taking part in a soft launch for an app that connects parents to the Sewickley ...

Join us for the Montreal theatrical release of FAIRY CREEK – Jen Muranetz’s award-winning feature documentary debut on the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history, opening at Cinéma ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — One of the tallest and oldest trees in the world continues to burn in Oregon after it a fire was first reported Aug. 16, but even after at least five days of continuously ...