After the high-profile recalls of millions of lead-contaminated toys last year, a watchdog group said Wednesday that its tests found fewer toys with high levels of chemicals in them this year. But about a third of the toys tested still contained a worrisome level of chemicals. ...more

December 4, 2008

It was time for candidates to break out the green feathers in their caps. ...more

October 17, 2008

Bradley Jackson made an interesting discovery this summer: It turns out Manta rays gliding through the waters of Monterey Bay in California have a lot in common with hermit crabs skittering on the shores of Cockroach Bay in Ruskin. ...more

October 8, 2008

Bradley Jackson got up close and personal this summer with the rays and sharks of Elkhorn Slough, an estuary off the coast of Monterey Bay in California. ...more

October 4, 2008

Satellite imaging has revealed that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita produced the largest single forestry disaster on record in America, an essentially unreported ecological catastrophe that killed or severely damaged some 320 million trees in Mississippi and Louisiana. ...more

November 16, 2007

"This is the worst environmental disaster in the United States since the Exxon Valdez accident ... and the greatest forest destruction in modern times," said James Cummins, executive director of the nonprofit environmental group Wildlife Mississippi. ...more

November 16, 2007

It's like a treasure hunt. Well, sort of. Safety Harbor's 2007 Coastal Cleanup is this morning, Oct. 20, from 8 a.m. until noon. ...more

October 20, 2007