Abagael Giles

Loons, beloved American waterbirds, face threats from climate change and pollution. An oil spill settlement funds a new phone app helping non-scientists to aid research on these birds.

Loons, beloved American waterbirds, face threats from climate change and pollution. An oil spill settlement funds a new phone app helping non-scientists to aid research on these birds.

Tiffany Miller was out behind Mountain Creamery last Thursday afternoon when she had a sinking feeling in her gut that it was time to run inside.

A heat wave is building in Vermont this week leading up to the Fourth of July holiday weekend. There's an extreme heat watch for much of the state from Wednesday afternoon through Friday.

Historically, farmers who graze their animals in Vermont haven't had to worry about irrigating their pastures and hayfields.

Each year on July 1, a round of new laws takes effect. This year's batch will affect Vermonters' purchases ranging from concert tickets to cannabis. New laws will make it easier for residents to install plug-in solar panels and harder for people to get away with the crime of voyeurism. Also in the mix is yet another attempt to crack down on those oversize trucks still trying to traverse the forbidden Smugglers' Notch stretch.

A blood parasite spread by deer ticks is on the rise across New England, and most of the existing treatments for it don't work well in people who are immunocompromised.

Starting this month, fire chiefs in Vermont will also serve as town forest fire wardens, unless they deputize someone else to fill the role.

Wildfire smoke is becoming more of an issue in Vermont and across the country. Here are some resources to help with smoke exposure when air quality gets dangerous.

The state has conserved four new tracts of land in central and northern Vermont that environmental officials say will support biodiversity and flood resiliency.