Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

The virus, which scientists call H5N1, has spread like wildfire around the globe in recent years, surprising and horrifying ...

Waties Island, an undeveloped barrier island in Little River, is likely to become a state park and a Heritage Trust Preserve ...

The first documented proof of a Seaconke Wampanoag community dates to 1924. That year, the Seaconkes built the First Free ...

If Virginia's car taxes can be repealed, the commonwealth will join the District of Columbia, Georgia, Maryland and Rhode Island as the only states without them.

PROVIDENCE (AP) — Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House on Friday approved legislation that would ban the sale and manufacturing of many semiautomatic rifles commonly referred to as ...

Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House has advanced legislation that would ban sales of certain semiautomatic rifles. The guns are commonly referred to as assault weapons. Lawmakers ...

The massive Antarctic iceberg A-23A has been stuck off the coast of South Georgia Island since February.

South Georgia Island is a large body of land that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

A Jersey Mike’s sandwich shop will be built in a new strip mall north of the new Chick-fil-A in Grand Island. Chief Construction made the announcement Friday.

Collin Clubbe, Royal Botanic gardens Kew, said: “Once again GSGSSI takes a world-leading step to protect the unique biodiversity of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.