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Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and the world is still on track for severe climate change impacts, a new U.N. report finds. Action this decade will be essential.

The death toll was expected to rise from the Tuesday magnitude-6.9 earthquake that trapped an unspecified number of residents in the hard-hit city of Bogo and outlying rural towns in Cebu province.

John Ryan, KUOW environment reporter, describes how a series of powerful storms overwhelmed Washington's rivers and communities.

Closing arguments in the final full week of the presidential race, and furor over the word "garbage" as candidates make their last tours of swing states: we hear them in their own words.

The Makah tribe in Washington state will be able to resume their longstanding tradition of whaling, after NOAA Fisheries decided Thursday to give them a waiver for a hunt.

Loren Rhoads -- the author of "222 Cemeteries to See Before You Die" -- acts as our cemetery travel guide this Halloween season. They have the most beautiful gardens and fascinating monuments.

The U.S. and Iran have launched negotiations to strike a new deal that would scale back Iran's nuclear program.

Winters are getting warmer and shorter as the climate changes. That's helping rat populations grow in several U.S. cities.

The sanctions sharply escalate tensions with the leftist leader of a country that has traditionally been one of the closest U.S. allies in South America.

Brown pelicans are appearing on California's coastline. They are showing up emaciated, starving and weak. Dr. Elizabeth Wood of the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center of Orange County explains.