Science

Real Estate

Undeterred by climate change, US homeowners are moving to climate-vulnerable areas

County Map of wildfire risk based on FEMA National Risk Index

AI scams and fraud: 5 trends to look out for as 2025 ends

Anonymous person in a hoodie using a laptop illustrated with cyber security and AI technology warning graphics.

Digital doppelgängers: How sophisticated impersonation scams target content creators and audiences

Illustration depicting user interactions to fake accounts on the internet.

Is sodium good or bad for you?

A heart rate line shaped on spilled salt.

5 ways to fight fall fatigue

A tired woman sitting on her bed.

Environment

Wildfire retardants help stop fires, but also impact ecosystems

A firefighting aircraft drops the fire retardant Phos-Chek near homes during the Palisades Fire on January 10, 2025 in Topanga, California.

Oysters are breathing life into the Chesapeake Bay

A cage full of baby oysters being hauled from the Chesapeake Bay and bound for the Manokin River.

Atlanta is embracing a cheap, effective way to beat urban heat: ‘cool roofs’

Karim Peoples help to make preparations to make it a cool roof in Baltimore.

New survey explores how much Americans trust their tap water

Water being poured onto a glass.

Drought is a big problem in Canada — and it’s getting worse

An aerial view of the Wesley Ridge wildfire on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada on August 1, 2025.

Plants & Animals

Plants & Animals

Rotten tricks: How hot and stinky plants woo pollinators

A collage of thermogenic plants, clockwise from top left: sago palm (Cycas revoluta); Eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), elephant-foot yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius), Yulan magnolia (Magnolia denudata), calico-flower (Aristolochia littoralis), American lotus (Nelumbo lutea), titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum), dragon arum (Dracunculus vulgaris), Florida anise (Illicium floridanum), Rhizanthes lowii, dead-horse arum (Helicodiceros muscivorus).

Plants & Animals

How farmers can help rescue water-loving birds

A flock of sandhill cranes in Louisiana.

Plants & Animals

Got invasive plants? Call a herd of goats

Two goats in a herd smiling happily eating invasive plants in a wide land.

Plants & Animals

Fish are thriving in the river Seine

A view of one of the bridges over the river Seine in Paris, France.

Plants & Animals

How to use hydrocarbon gases for cannabis extraction

Macro detail of dropper with CBD oil, cannabis live resin extraction isolated on white background.

Space

How a mysterious particle could explain the universe’s missing antimatter

Concept 3D illustration for Elementary particle core of rotating sub atomic quantum matter with orbiting neutrinos.

Space

5 of the rarest astronomical events—and when you'll next see them

The head of Halley's Comet as photographed by Dr George Willis Ritchey.

Space

25 of the best places to see the solar eclipse across the US

The beginning of a solar eclipse as seen through very light cloud cover.

Space

23 astronomical events to look out for in 2023

A view of a Perseid meteor shower in a purple sky with pine trees in the foreground.

Space

33 groundbreaking NASA missions in photographs

Webb NIRCam composite image from two filters – F212N (orange) and F335M (cyan) – of Jupiter system.

Weather

From ski trails to hiking paths, extreme heat is reshaping recreation, and our attitudes

Skiing slopes with little to no snow even in winter due to climate change.

How to be safer when using portable power stations

Couple at a table with a dog camping next to an RV.

Weather

15 ways to stay cool this summer without AC

Person's hands applying UV filter film on glass window

Extreme heat is becoming more common in the U.S. Here’s how to stay safe.

A person walks their dog in the morning when temperatures climb.

Costs of extreme weather: How to stay powered and protected year-round

Toppled trees on a road in Tallahassee, Florida after multiple tornadoes and winds.

Plants & Animals

Rare animals featured in Planet Earth, Our Planet, and other nature documentaries

Weather

10 ways nature and animals forecast the weather

Weather

15 wild weather phenomena

A waterspout sweeps across Lake Constance off Friedrichshafen, Germany. Such waterspouts form over German lakes again and again, but due to climate change they could become stronger.

Weather

Why does lightning strike? And answers to 50 other weather questions

A resident stands in front of her property covered with downed power lines and trees on Nov. 20, 2024 in Lake Stevens, Washington, the result of a rare storm called a 'bomb cyclone.'

Environment

Greenest cities in America

Plants & Animals

American plants that have gone extinct

Environment

Cities with the most green space per capita

Plants & Animals

America's most common ticks and how to identify them

Warning sign near a lush green forest trail that says "beware of ticks" with hikers in the background

Health

Countries with the best life expectancy

Great-grandmother celebrating her 100th birthday with her great-granddaughter with a chocolate cake.

Weather

30 of the most devastating hailstorms in U.S. history