Biologists have create a web portal for the world's most charismatic plants, ferns. The Florida Museum of Natural History has partnered with 35 herbarium collections across the United States to create ...

Cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are now degrading the datasets used to monitor the most rapidly ...

Scientists worry as services that provided detailed and historic information about sea ice, snowpack, glaciers, and other ...

Did you know that the sun is up for more hours this month than in August? August is summertime, and May is still spring, so it may not seem quite right.

When our planet and the incoming sunlight align just right, stunning phenomena such as rainbows and halos can occur. More ...

WWF works to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife, collaborating with partners from local to global levels in nearly 100 countries.

Researchers have combined decades of scientific data, tracing how all birds are related. This provides an evolutionary map ...

For a pilot, the first signs of flying into an ash cloud can include sudden darkness, fluctuating airspeed, and landing ...

Despite its dry, dusty surface and thinner atmosphere, Mars may have more in common with Earth than scientists previously ...

The third major meteor shower of the year is about to hit its peak this week, sending a cascade of "shooting stars" streaking across the night sky.

How the Trump administration's dismantling of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration threatens the Keeling Curve ...