For years, residents of eastern Oregon quietly traded stories that sounded too strange and too...
Environment
Something strange surrounds our planet. High above the clouds, past the reaches of commercial aircraft,...
Mexico has taken a decisive step that is being felt far beyond its borders. Lawmakers...
A drone strike earlier this year damaged the massive steel shield that seals off the...
A telescope high in the Chilean Andes just captured a new close-up of something nicknamed...
Every species that has ever walked, crawled, or flown across our planet faces an inevitable...
You reach for a glass bottle at the grocery store, feeling good about your choice....
The world of natural history has a way of surprising us. A simple object can...
The story of Uranus is often introduced to schoolchildren through a haze of laughter, mispronunciation,...
Interstellar objects entering our solar system tend to spark curiosity, but the recent attention around...
The story of a man who left a camera inside a Yellowstone cave for an...
Sea urchins have long been viewed as some of the simplest creatures in the ocean....
Someone probably told you at some point that your car runs on liquefied dinosaurs. You’ve...
Before researchers uncovered the Takarkori mummies, the idea of a completely unknown human lineage surviving...
In a quiet suburban backyard outside San Antonio, a birdwatcher’s casual photograph sparked a scientific...