Environment

A major study found fish populations fell by about 60%, while krill that whales and others eat plummeted 72%. Researchers said there’s no other cause they could find except the BP oil spill.

The Nature Conservancy is using natural materials and limestone breakwaters to rebuild Coffee Island off the Alabama Coast.

County health officials told lawyers for an environmental group they would move forward with the permitting process after a legal filing asked a judge to force the agency's hand.

Marine research and science education at Dauphin Island Sea Lab are a key piece of solving the conservation puzzle on the Alabama Gulf Coast.

The barrier islands off the Alabama Gulf Coast serve as ideal nesting habitat for shorebirds. But their populations are declining amid human development and climate change.

Human development has put diamondback terrapins at risk along Alabama's Gulf Coast. The turtles are a keystone species, so scientists are working to save them.

Oyster populations have dropped more than 80 percent in Mobile Bay since the 1950s. Marine scientists are working to revive the oysters amid ongoing threats.

Activists say Birmingham, Bessemer, and the rest of Alabama could learn from what’s happening in Memphis.

The debate over data centers in Alabama has hit new highs in recent months, with more than a dozen projects underway or proposed across the state.

Alabama Power has guaranteed that residents' power bills won't increase as a result. Can the state's largest utility keep its promise?