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How countries are using innovative technology to preser...

More than 100 nations, including the United States, have agreed to protect 30% o...

Solar eclipse maps show 2024 totality path, peak times ...

Astronomy fans figuring out where and what time to see the April 8, 2024, total ...

Zoo animals got quiet, exhibited nighttime behavior dur...

During the eclipse, zoo animals across the U.S. displayed some unique behaviors,...

Study maps "forever chemical" water contamination hotsp...

Study finds cancer-linked PFAS chemicals prevalent in drinking water sources acr...

Space station captures image of moon's shadow during so...

NASA flight engineers managed to photograph and videotape the moon's shadow on E...

Periodical cicadas will emerge this spring. Here's what...

Periodical cicadas aren't present every spring, but when they do emerge, they co...

Critics call out plastics industry over "fraud of plast...

Only 5 to 6% of plastic waste produced in the U.S. is actually recycled. A new r...

NASA seeks to reign in costs of Mars Sample Return mission

NASA said it agrees with an independent review board that concluded the project ...

Flights ramp back up at Dubai airport after historic ra...

Water still covers some roads around Dubai International Airport, but the major ...

Endangered Puerto Rican parrot threatened by fiercer hu...

Hurricane Maria nearly wiped out an endangered parrot in Puerto Rico, highlighti...

2 endangered ferrets cloned from animal frozen in 1980s

The recent births of Noreen and Antonia are boosting hopes of diversifying the e...

Jawbone of Marine killed in 1951 found in boy's rock co...

A human jawbone containing several teeth was linked to a former U.S. Marine who ...

Scientists trying to protect wildlife from extinction a...

Scientists are using a range of tools to protect the endangered wildlife that co...

Too hot for a lizard? Climate change quickens extinction

A disappearing lizard population in the mountains of Arizona shows how climate c...

Why a 3-million-year-old lizard species in Arizona has ...

A report from the United Nations determined that 1 million species are threatene...

How wildlife crossings protect both animals and people

To protect the movement of wildlife impeded by busy roadways, a series of manmad...