The bushfires in Australia have been a catastrophic natural disaster. According to the Daily Telegraph, as of January 2, approximately 5.9 million hectares of land has been burnt in Australia — for perspective, that's more land than Denmark and The Netherlands.
Big tech is lending its machine learning technology to big oil. What could go wrong?
Fossil plants millions of years old are helping scientists imagine an ancient Arctic forest.
A magpie in Australia was caught on camera imitating the sound of sirens after hearing so many fire trucks respond to the bushfires.
Brown pelicans in South Carolina give researchers a good look at how birds handle these mighty storms.
Some brittlestars, close relatives of starfish and sea urchins, can work out where light is coming from by changing the color of their bodies.
"The salt they pump back into the sea kills everything, and there's just a thick layer of sludge on the sea bed now."
The apocalypse is so close that the people have to flee to the beaches, but climate change denial is taken to a new level of stupidity.
The rocky island of Redonda, once stripped of its flora and fauna by invasive species, makes an astonishingly quick comeback. What's the secret to its recovery?
Two hundred men and women fought to protect the last wild sohisika trees.
The "front" between the calm air outside the fire zone and the storm cloud is so sharp that it can generate lightning and that can start new fires.
Rhesus macaques were introduced to Silver Springs state park in the 30s but, now 400 strong, they harbor a disease fatal to humans.
Just in case you need a further reminder that tornadoes are scary as heck.
An explorer searches an abandoned movie set in Iceland.
Unlike many other gaudy animal ornaments, the red-and-orange heads of coot chicks are honest indicators of weakness and vulnerability.
Just ink and colored pencil, it took Anton Thomas almost five years.
As Australia continues to battle powerful brushfires, new footage from around the country shows the shocking effect on the ground.
Australians are facing a terrifying start to the new year, as bushfires rip through popular tourist spots on the country's southeast coast, forcing thousands of people to take refuge on nearby beaches.
These swirling patterns, likely caused by heat rising from the water below, look like frozen Jackson Pollock paintings.
Death Valley brings the heat, but there are other hot spots on this sweltering planet.
In just three years, the Trump administration has diminished the role of science in federal policymaking while halting or disrupting research projects nationwide, marking a transformation of the federal government whose effects, experts say, could reverberate for years.
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There are signs Antarctica just experienced its highest melt extent ever recorded in the satellite era.
When companies like Starbucks got rid of plastic straws, we started talking about who is responsible for the environment.
Steven Rinella breaks down how realistic Hollywood depicts hunting in major feature films.
Up in the Arctic cold, frozen woolly-mammoth carcasses can be so well preserved that they still have blood in their veins. Their flesh is still pink — which means that, of course, yes, someone has thought about eating it.
Christmas tree farms have been closing down. A trip to Indiana, where many have vanished, revealed a variety of reasons.
Likely several hundred pounds heavier than the record-holding Mekong giant catfish, the ray reportedly weighed nearly 880 pounds.
Someone please go get this lil guy before he turns into an icicle?
Over nearly two decades, Jo-Anne McArthur has documented the lives of unseen animals, including those used for food, fashion, entertainment, medical research and more.
Australia is currently dealing with extremely serious wildfires, and this clip shows just how quickly they can advance in dry conditions.
Each year, Americans cut down about 15 million Christmas trees in the name of festive cheer. Those of you who follow dining trends may have an idea of new-Nordic developments in pine and spruce as seasonings, but how should the naive tree-eater approach arboreal edibility?
Charles Holmes welcomes the actor to the wonderful world of nature and shares a whimsical time looking for wildlife.
Thieves stole roughly 80,000 gallons of water in a region of Australia that's suffering from one of the worst droughts in the history of the country.
With hundreds of fields reaching end of life each year, the artificial turf industry is under pressure to find a sustainable solution.
Instead of digging up a tree, Colin Furze decided to fuse together a group of trees to a steel grate of soil, which he is calling his "tree of trees."
Nick Noland took a wrong turn on his way down from 14,232-foot Mount Shavano. What was supposed to be a quick hike turned into an all-night fight for his life in harsh winds and subfreezing temperatures.
The fossilized roots, which date 386 million years, shed light on Earth's first forests and the enormous effect they had on global climate and ecology.
Snow crystals come in two main types. The "pope" of snowflake physics has a new theory that explains why.
A trove of arboreal fossils pushes back the origin of modern forests and sophisticated tree roots.
To survive the "Really Big One," some neighbors in the Oregon city are organizing block parties that promote emergency preparedness.
Scientists brave frozen drills, limited oxygen and more to install sensors on Mount Everest.
An analysis of 25 studies suggests there is a link between air pollution and depression and suicide.
Karo Orudzhyan and his dog Ice were remarkably calm when a bear in Sequoia National Park got curious.
Once upon a time, a woman needed a tulip. Not just any tulip: a parrot tulip.
Can scientists determine what lies at the bottom of the ocean before mining companies destroy it?
While the internet got a kick out of the latest meme, Mariah Hillman rushed to the scene to save the wild birds from danger or even death.
How one small town in Pennsylvania is successfully fighting the fracked gas industry
Three people are confirmed dead and a dozen more injured as a powerful storm front packing suspected tornadoes smashed into buildings, downed trees and left a trail of destruction around the Deep South.
In New Dehli, the smog is so severe that drivers frequently get into traffic accidents. The city has always suffered from air pollution, but here's the reason why things have become so much worse in the past decade.
As more of us switch to plant-based protein, real meat seems increasingly obsolete — but the demise of animal agriculture comes with some serious global side effects.
This is what the night sky looks like from Los Angeles to the Great Basin Desert.
The internet meme has been around for seven years now, so it's high time we establish some ground rules.
The Arctic is a ticking time bomb that's close to going off.
Within the next 200 years, scientists believe all of the country's ice giants could disappear. Local geologists and activists hope to change that — starting with a plaque.
The Brazil nut tree plays a critical role in the global climate and weather across South America. Deforestation is putting it all at risk.
How did thousands of fat innkeeper worms get strewn across Drakes Beach? Well, we're seeing the risk of building your home out of sand.
From field recordings to bird box automata and clocks, humans have been reproducing and utilizing bird sound for centuries.
"The morning after the first day of the storm, the outside of my house looked like this."
Prek Gjoni makes an extraordinary trek with his goats through some of the most pristine mountains in Europe.
