As more areas grow brighter with light pollution, national parks across the country have become dark-sky havens
The paper strips, which can help prevent drug overdoses and death, remain illegal in several states under drug paraphernalia laws from the 1970s
Researchers around the world traced mammals' movements and behaviors when fewer humans and cars were outside in spring 2020
The behavior originated some 40 million years ago to improve breeding success and protect against pathogens, according to a new study
Markings on the timber may help piece together lost European history
Hurtigruten Norway's new design includes batteries and retractable sails equipped with solar panels
At least 20 states were air quality alerts this week, and in some places, air quality reached unhealthy levels for all groups
A new study estimates climate change will lead to unprecedented melting in the Arctic a decade earlier than previously projected
The youngest and most active volcano on the Big Island, it's expected to draw thousands of tourists
The tiny bones include the first one from a juvenile found in the country
The one-time injection of a gene therapy could eventually be used to control cat populations
A female American crocodile living in captivity reproduced without a mate—a finding that suggests dinosaurs might have done the same thing
Remains in a South African cave system predate the oldest known human burials by about 160,000 years or more
Alongside Ada Limón's words, you can add your name to the spacecraft that will search for life on the icy moon
Juvenile white sharks and humans overlap 97 percent of the time in some warm Pacific waters, a new study finds
The 24 chicks are growing up at a conservation facility after being seized from a smuggler's carry-on
A new grant from Vital Impacts funds long-term efforts to document environmental solutions in the photographers' own communities
Recent storms damaged museum collections and turned some cultural institutions into shelters
Scientists documented more than 5,500 animal species at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, but thousands more might remain undiscovered
The photos she shared set off a search for the fossil, which she had left behind. Now, scientists have the tooth, just the third of its kind found locally