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The proposed rule would lower the limit on lead in water by one-third.

Entomologists say insects are declining at alarming rates — one major study estimates we’re losing 2% in total insect biomass every year. Now, the National Academy of Sciences is preparing to embark on a study to understand insect trends across North America.

Learn more about MDC's First Time Hunter Event on this week's Discover Nature.

Electric line workers and other utility personnel from Missouri headed to Florida Tuesday to help with anticipated recovery efforts from Hurricane Idalia.

A fifth of reported heat-related deaths between 2017 and 2022 were agricultural workers, according to OSHA data. Academics, occupational health specialists and advocacy groups are calling attention to the under-reported impact of climate change on this group from heatwaves.

Ranchers across the Midwest are battling black vultures, a federally protected bird that has a reputation for killing newborn livestock. While the birds play a major ecological role, their expanding population is becoming a big nuisance for producers.

The Republican senator teamed up with Democrats on a proposal that could compensate people sickened by radioactive waste in the St. Louis area.

Greg Judy is a leader in the regenerative agriculture movement, farmers who aim to work with nature instead of subdue it.

Missouri River Days is a half-day field trip offered to all fourth-graders at Columbia Public Schools in partnership with the nonprofit group Missouri River Relief. The field trip is held at Cooper’s Landing Riverside Resort & Marina, where students have the opportunity to get up close and personal with nature.

Eze Pojmann-Ezeonyilo innovates a constructing birdhouses to preserve the future of Purple Martins, while giving an educational opportunity to students at a Columbia elementary school.