"Cicada-geddon" insect invasion will be biggest in centuries
Trillions of red-eyed periodical cicadas are about to emerge in numbers not seen in many years. Here's where to expect them.
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Trillions of red-eyed periodical cicadas are about to emerge in numbers not seen in many years. Here's where to expect them.
Endangered smalltooth sawfish are dying in unusual numbers in Florida waters.
The planet is headed towards what one expert called a "negative leap second."
Damien Boschetto and fellow researchers decided to keep his 2022 discovery a secret for two years to avoid damage during the extraction.
The moon's newest arrival is said to be "alive and well" a day after landing.
An Australian biology recently caught a goldfish measuring almost three feet across. Experts say it is now considered the world's longest goldfish ever discovered.
Researchers say five storms since 2013 had wind speeds that could categorize them as a Category 6 hurricane or cyclone — and that climate change will only make such intense storms more frequent.
The National Hurricane Center will add inland predictions to its forecast of the location and ferocity of tropical storms.
The revised coral bleaching alert levels come in the wake of Florida experiencing hot tub-level sea temperatures and some reefs experiencing "100% mortality."
A longtime wildlife photographer has "seen some sharks doing some really wild things" – but nothing prepared him for capturing what's believed to be the first images of a live newborn great white shark.
The American embassy says the nation's relationship with the U.K. is in "hot water" after a U.S. chemist suggested British tea is missing salt – but elsewhere in the world, that ingredient isn't unusual.
A study highlights the potentially profound impacts of invasive species, which are spreading at an increasing rate.
Just two northern white rhinos remain in the world – and the world's first IVF pregnancy in its closest relatives could help their species.
This will be the first time since the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 that these broods of noisy, flying insects will emerge from underground.
If you thought alligators were terrifying enough, then you might want to stop reading.
Exactly why the great ape died off after flourishing for hundreds of thousands of years has been one of the lasting mysteries of paleontology.
An international collaboration of researchers, led by Smithsonian scientists, identified five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs.
Astronomers have discovered six planets orbiting a bright, nearby star in perfect synchrony like a grand cosmic orchestra.
Researchers were able to attract "one of the world's rarest rodents" in their endangered habitat using glass oil lamps filled with sesame oil.
"One could think of the body of a starfish ... as a disembodied head walking about the sea floor on its lips," researchers said.
Volunteers helped digitize millions of pieces of previously classified data.
A newly studied species of ancient whale might be the heaviest animal ever found.
July has been so hot so far that scientists calculate that this month will be the globally hottest on record and likely the warmest human civilization has seen, even though there are several days left to sweat through.
The water temperature on the tip of Florida hit hot tub levels, exceeding 100 degrees two days in a row, which meteorologists say could potentially be the hottest seawater ever measured.
Record global ocean heating has invaded Florida with a vengeance.
