The United Nations estimates in order to meet the world's increasing demand for food, farmers will have to boost production 60 percent by 2050. A pilot program underway in Indiana is using technology that promises to boost yields without increasing the amount of land or fertilizer required.

Deer hunts have been conducted in state parks over the past 20 years to control their populations, but hunting is prohibited in all Indianapolis parks.

Domestic cats, high-rises and vanishing habitat are taking a toll on more than 33 species of American birds, a comprehensive update reports. Still, wetland and coastal birds are faring better.

A new program is launching, Friday, at IUPUI. It's intended to help feed the hungry around Indianapolis and is run by students. Last year, a group at IUPUI entered a video into a contest with the national group Campus Kitchen. It was one of five schools chosen to receive a $5,000 grant to bring the Campus Kitchen Project to the Indianapolis campus.

A delegation drove around Indianapolis Wednesday morning. They made four stops as part of the Great Places 2020 effort which is designed to put together an investment strategy to rebuild struggling neighborhoods over the next six years.

State officials want Indiana residents to check trees for invasive forest insects called Asian longhorned beetles.

IPL says converting from coal to natural gas is the least-cost option for its customers as the utility implements its wastewater action plan to comply with EPA standards. Pending IURC approval, IPL says its coal dependence will fall to 44 percent by 2017.

The scientists have been conducting research this summer on whether it's safe to reopen Mount Baldy, the popular 126-foot high dune at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore along Lake Michigan.

Nine Indiana environmental groups Monday used Indianapolis Power and Light's Harding Street power plant as a backdrop for a billboard unveiling aimed at drawing attention to what they claim is a threat to Indianapolis' drinking water.

The Indiana Chamber of Commerce released a report Friday that shows different regions in the state have varying water conditions and will face different types of water concerns in the coming years.