Stories at the Crossroads of People and Nature," David B. Williams slows down and takes a close look at Seattle.

Spending cuts and directives questioning the reality and urgency of climate change have marked quick shifts in U.S. science policy.

Deep beneath the mountains of the Himalayas, something remarkable is taking place. The vast, rocky plate supporting India, ...

The La Niña weather pattern ended last month as Pacific Ocean temperatures rose and the El Niño Southern Oscillation cycle ...

Conservationists are telling anglers to cut the head off a predatory, reptile-looking fish that can breathe air if they find ...

An analysis of North America’s fossil record for the 18 million years before dinosaurs disappeared suggests the prehistoric ...

According to the release, the ancient lake likely reached its largest size around 8,000 years ago during a time of heavy ...

Are we alone in the universe? The answer to one of humanity’s biggest questions is complicated by a basic reality: If there is life on other worlds, it may not look familiar. In a paper published ...

K2-360 is a newly found planetary system with a super-dense planet, likely the core of a former larger world, shaped by ...

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates through space on a trajectory that could see it hit the moon.

A team from the University of Bern and the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS has developed a ...

YR4 asteroid is thought to be hockey puck shaped and house-sized, with the asteroid, detected in December, initially thought to have a chance of smashing into Earth ...