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Burrowing owl hitches ride aboard Royal Caribbean cruise ship for two weeks

akshay bhat / 500px(NEW YORK) -- A member of a threatened owl species couldn't resist the...

Red tide levels in Southwest Florida are increasing and moving up the coast

Getty Images/Alexander Spatari(FLORIDA) -- A harmful algae bloom is killing marine life and keeping residents and...

Skyrocketing bills the latest concern in Jackson water crisis

Brad Vest/Getty Images(JACKSON, Miss) -- The city of Jackson, Mississippi, has grappled with crisis after crisis...

How environmental disasters affect ecosystems: Ohio train derailment could affect local ecosystem for years, experts say

Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Scientists will be likely monitoring the ecosystem surrounding the...

Yosemite National Park closed indefinitely due to 15 feet of snow in some regions

Mark Miller Photos/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The gates at Yosemite National Park have been shuttered due...

Residents of Ohio town say they don’t trust safety claims after train derailment, chemical spill

ABC News(EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) -- East Palestine, Ohio, is the kind of town where neighbors greet...

This is how heat from a volcano can be used to power an entire town

Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images(UNALASKA, Alaska) -- Active volcanoes are proving to be a hot...

Thousands of Texas residents could be waiting days for power to be restored after last week’s freeze

Brandon Bell/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- It may feel like spring in Texas, but some of the...

Will the Texas power grid survive the next deep freeze?

Brandon Bell/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The lights have stayed on in Texas among the recent freezes...

New York City snow drought finally broken with half-inch of snow

Normand Blouin / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Residents of the Big Apple won't be walking in...