For Phan Plork, using his shrimp boat and crew for oil cleanup is filthy and dangerous work, and pays only half of what he made before BP fouled the Gulf of Mexico. (LAT) View

California parents demand to know what environmental factors are causing the high number of birth defects in their community. (LAT) View

An investigative report reveals that a sewage treatment center on Long Island may be on the verge of disaster. (Long Island Press) View

A giant, non-native snake species is invading the Everglades. Joe Wasilewski hunts them down. (Palm Beach Post) View

Young New Yorkers learn the ropes of scurrying up and around trees in the city's Million Trees Training Program for arborists. (NYT) View

Cultures and languages are lost as residents of the Amazon Basin move to cities looking for jobs. View

A Maryland couple turns pesky, non-native plants into whimsical sculptures. (WP) View

The world's largest and most dangerous lizards live on an Indonesian island where residents -- and tourists -- give them a wide berth. (Time) View

It's the state animal, but there are only 100 left. Unless drastic measures are taken, their future is bleak. (St. Petersburg Times) View

This gorgeous tourist destination faces threats from poverty, drug addiction and impending sea-level rise. View

The world's oceans are being poisoned by carbon dioxide at an alarming rate and scientists are only beginning to realize it. (Natural Resources Defense Council) View

Rural Texas farmer Cliff Etheredge saw an opportunity to cash in on a crop of the future that revived his dying town: wind power. View