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A new report reveals the outsize impact of climate change on local restaurants, which could trickle down to consumers.

A cycle of drought and flooding in California is driving higher cases of Valley fever, along with other diseases, research shows.

Federal officials have linked ropes tangled in a dead endangered whale’s fin to Maine lobster equipment.

Doctors have reported surges of gastrointestinal illness when intense storms like this week’s atmospheric rivers overwhelm wastewater treatment plants and flood communities with raw sewage.

Expanded whale “school zones” could help prevent boat collisions, but proposed rules are facing backlash from the boating industry.

A hatchery in Cape Town breeds birds for release in a newly established sanctuary for penguins 146 miles east, where a few early signs suggest the penguins may have found a new home.

With rat populations exploding across the globe, exterminators have one last shot to take back city streets from this cunning, resourceful pest.

Brianna Abbott is a health reporter covering the treatment and prevention of disease, with a special focus on cancer, in The Wall Street Journal’s Health and Science bureau.

"Prison is stressful enough, and then you add this layer of heat that people are powerless to escape.”

Around 4 million people in the U.S. work as contractors for app services like DoorDash delivering pizzas, salads and pad thai. Those in areas with extreme heat are taking new measures to keep working through it.