A fifth of reported heat-related deaths between 2017 and 2022 were agricultural workers, according to OSHA data. Academics, occupational health specialists and advocacy groups are calling attention to the under-reported impact of climate change on this group from heatwaves.

Ranchers across the Midwest are battling black vultures, a federally protected bird that has a reputation for killing newborn livestock. While the birds play a major ecological role, their expanding population is becoming a big nuisance for producers.

The Republican senator teamed up with Democrats on a proposal that could compensate people sickened by radioactive waste in the St. Louis area.

The Boone County History and Culture Center is displaying a mural, Jon boats, newspapers and other artifacts from the 1993 flood.

Greg Judy is a leader in the regenerative agriculture movement, farmers who aim to work with nature instead of subdue it.

Missouri River Days is a half-day field trip offered to all fourth-graders at Columbia Public Schools in partnership with the nonprofit group Missouri River Relief. The field trip is held at Cooper’s Landing Riverside Resort & Marina, where students have the opportunity to get up close and personal with nature.

Eze Pojmann-Ezeonyilo innovates a constructing birdhouses to preserve the future of Purple Martins, while giving an educational opportunity to students at a Columbia elementary school.

The 1993 flood swept through nine states along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers from May to September. Thirty years later, memories of sandbags, gritty hands and unexpected fish sightings remain for the folks who still call the river banks home.

"Columbia Trails" by Ginger Schweikert guides people through more than 300 miles of mid-Missouri trails

Trees play an important part in combating climate change, but Missouri could see drier conditions in coming years. A study seeks to understand the correlation between droughts and forest efficiency.