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The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean. Other countries say the minerals aren't America's to mine.

Since the 1990s, cyanobacterial blooms have become increasingly common each summer in western Lake Erie. The blooms are cause by an overabundance of nutrients, namely phosphorus, that spills into the lake off farms.

This week, attorneys for Michigan Senate Democrats faced off against House GOP lawyers in a Michigan Court of Appeals courtroom in Detroit to argue constitutional law, legislative prerogatives and who is ultimately responsible for ensuring nine bills remaining in legislation limbo get moved to the governor’s desk.

Myanmar's military rulers are holding a general election in phases starting Dec. 28 amid the country's civil war. The head of the U.N. says the vote will be anything but free and fair.

Ashley Ludlow's mother passed away in the hospital in 2005. She had followed her mother's wishes and asked that she not be resuscitated. That decision weighed heavy on her until a nurse reassured her.

A group is working to preserve Detroit’s musical history and prevent it from being forgotten.

India's shrimp exports to the U.S. were once a success story. Now the industry faces ruin amid President Trump's 50% tariff on imports from the country.

Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau appeared on state TV saying they have seized power in the country, following reports of gunshots near the presidential palace.

A polar bear in a zoo, a hotel balcony overlooking elephants, a tree mural shrouded by haze: They're images from the new book The Anthropocene Illusion, about the way humans are remaking Earth.

The reason why birds make such a racket at dawn is still unclear. But researchers are now pouring cold water on one popular idea about why.