Environment News

Parks Canada says Miette Hot Springs, a popular feature of Jasper National Park, has reopened as crews continue to fight a wildfire that's keeping the rest of the park closed.

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — An elephant calf has been born at a California zoo that has embarked on an elephant breeding program.

Extreme heat at a Colorado airshow caused about 100 people to seek emergency treatment and sent 10 people to area hospitals on Saturday, officials said.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa.

HINTON, Alta. — It's been hard to find a hotel room in Hinton, Alta., lately.

HOLEY LAND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, Fla. (AP) — It's after midnight when the windshield fogs up on Thomas Aycock's F-250 pickup truck.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Ernesto weakened into a tropical storm late Saturday as it moved away from Bermuda over open waters of the Atlantic after crossing over the tiny British territory early in the day with heavy rains and strong winds.

JASPER, ALTA. — Parks Canada says a wildfire that forced everyone to flee the Alberta town of Jasper and destroyed close to a third of its buildings is no longer classified as out-of-control and is now listed as "being held.

Even with the storm hundreds of miles offshore, Hurricane Ernesto was still being felt Saturday along much of the U.S.

EVART, Mich.