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Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., take questions during a press conference after a procedural vote for the bipartisan infrastructure framework on July 28.

Here's What's Included In The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

The price tag comes in at roughly $1 trillion, with $550 billion in new spending over five years. The funding goes toward roads and bridges as well as broadband and electric vehicles.

Laura Benanti performs in Washington in 2015. She recently asked high school students to send her videos of their musical theater performances after many of them were canceled.

A Broadway Star And #SunshineSongs Bring High School Musical Theater To Small Screens

High school musicals are canceled around the country over coronavirus concerns. Broadway star Laura Benanti asked disappointed high school singers for the next best thing: performance videos.

Rookery Bay Python Tracking Research Helping Remove Invasive Snakes from the Wild

There’s about two weeks left in Florida’s 2016 Python Challenge and as of Friday afternoon 66 Burmese Pythons have been caught. The Rookery Bay National…

Sasha and Lady eagerly greet a small rescue boat, piloted by St. Bernard Parish fishermen.

A Happy Ending for Lady and Sasha

Reporter Scott Horsley was with two fishermen who saved some four-legged survivors of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana's flooded St. Bernard Parish. He follows up on the happy reunions between two families and their best friends.

Wildlife biologist Anthony Fischbach observes a tagged walrus near Point Lay, Alaska, earlier this month. Tens of thousands of walruses have come ashore in northwest Alaska because the sea ice they normally rest on has melted.

Biologist Tracks Walruses Forced Ashore As Ice Melts

The Arctic ice that thousands of walruses usually live on has disappeared from Alaska's Chukchi Sea. The government is trying to figure out how the animals are coping with the dramatic change and whether to add them to its endangered species list.

‘Greater flexibility’ considered in Florida's alligator hunts

A limited number of alligator hunters could get special permits that would expand where they can hunt, under a proposal that state wildlife officials are considering.The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission at a Dec. 5 meeting in Orlando will take up a proposal that would lead to a random draw for five special-use permits that would give alligator hunters “greater flexibility” next season.

The smaller male horseshoe crabs would probably prefer some privacy when they stack up like this on a female, but unless you're a trained "citizen-scientist" who is "linked with Limulus" you may not have a clue that they're doing their parts to ensure the next generation

'Horseshoe U:' Citizen scientists learn how to save sea-going animals that help save human lives

Horseshoe citizen scientist classes may be popular among environmentalists just caring for nature, but less well known is how much the creatures do for humans: a compound in the animal's blue blood has the unique ability to ensure the safety of vaccines, injectable medications, and medical devices

Affordable housing programs could be getting nearly $6 million more than they did last year.

Affordable Housing Set To Receive $175 Million

Florida’s new budget dedicates more than $175 million to affordable housing programs. That’s about six million more than last year.

The Truth About Lemmings, The Rodent, Not The Political Animal

The faction of House Republicans leading the charge against the Affordable Care Act amid a partial government shutdown have been referred to as lemmings by those who believe they are committing political suicide. But as Renee Montagne explains, the idea that lemmings commit mass suicide is a myth.

Obama: Sony Decision To Cancel Movie A 'Mistake'

Speaking of Sony executives, Obama said "I wish they had spoken to me first" before canceling "The Interview."

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