The Alabama Department of Workforce’s Abandoned Mine Land Program has received a federal $11 million AMLER grant to clean up ...

In 2018, researchers from Bat Conservation International, Cameroon’s University of Maroua and the American Museum of Natural ...

Michigan has no shortage of ghost towns, and many of them are hidden gems for travelers and history buffs. Here are five ...

If you like quiet roads and places where history feels close, these abandoned towns offer cabins, mine ruins, and dune ...

Police in South Africa on Wednesday said they had arrested 11 people, including many suspected of being illegal miners, and ...

A former coal mine in western Maryland has recently been transformed into the state’s largest solar farm and now generates enough electricity to supply power to more than 30,000 homes.

Not every town gets to stick around forever. Some start with a bang—gold rush fever, a mining boom, a railroad deal—only to ...

Pennsylvania is still cleaning up decades’ worth of coal mining pollution. Now it must also contend with millions of tons of ...

The country’s biggest lithium mine has residents of McDermitt skeptical. The town straddles the Nevada-Oregon border and has a history of pollution.

On a recent visit to Bapong in the North West province, South African Police Service (SAPS) National Commissioner Fannie ...

A cat shot several times in the face is on the road to recovery. Gracie was saved by the Five Friends Animal Rescue after she was surrendered at a county shelter. At just eight months old, she went ...