John Flesher

Canadian wildfires are causing unhealthy air quality again in Chicago and other parts of the US apnews.com/article/canadi…

More than half of North American bat species are at risk of serious decline in the next 15 years. A scientific report blames climate change, habitat loss, wind turbine collisions and a disease called white-nose syndrome. apnews.com/article/bats-c…

Controversy over waste disposal from the East Palestine, Ohio, train crash highlights an unpleasant truth: Lots of things people make and do create hazardous waste, and it has to go somewhere. apnews.com/article/east-p…

Ain’t that the truth.

My story from East Palestine, Ohio, where one family's struggles reflect a community's pain. apnews.com/article/ohio-t…

Another shipwreck discovery ... this one with a particularly sad backstory. The Great Lakes can be a perilous place for mariners. apnews.com/article/great-…

New proposed regulation seeks more deals with private landowners to protect endangered species -- but some individual animals would die. apnews.com/article/scienc…

U.S. wildlife officials are delaying increased protections for two imperiled bird and bat species after congressional Republicans voiced objections. apne.ws/saN9ar4

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering tougher regulation of large livestock farms that release fertilizers and manure into waterways, causing harmful algae blooms and other pollution. apnews.com/article/us-env…

A bat species ravaged by fungal disease is on the verge of extinction. apnews.com/article/northe…

It's understandable that ever-larger wildfires would pose a threat to land animals. But fish, too? Check out our AP report from the New Mexico mountains. apnews.com/article/wildfi…