As of June 2026, El Niño has officially arrived. This naturally recurring phenomenon is characterized by warmer-than-normal water temperatures in parts of the equatorial Pacific, along with changes to ...

From genome editing to quantum computing, scientific progress is accelerating at an unprecedented pace, yet public faith in ...

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 111 people, damaging hundreds of buildings and leaving many trapped under debris while their loved ones and ...

A new study out of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine suggests that West Nile virus (WNV) has had ...

Jackie, the bald eagle who became an internet sensation and a symbol of the species' recovery in California, died Monday after being treated for an illness at a veterinary facility, her caretakers ...

Prediction is the goal and test of all science, one might argue. Meteorologists have been curious about the inherent limits of weather forecasting ever since the dawn of numerical weather prediction ...

An international study finds that older adults who have strong beliefs about how other seniors should behave also report ...

El Niños and La Niñas are the third-most dominant influences on Earth's climate, after the sun and the greenhouse effect. But ...

In his 1927 paper, "A law of comparative judgment," the American psychologist L. L. Thurstone proposed that when people ...

Industrial-scale illegal fishing continues to undermine ocean sustainability, coastal livelihoods and global seafood ...

Nearly 80 years ago, a British expedition discovered the battered remains of a giant fossil on the peak of an Arctic island.

Climate change is largely to blame for water scarcity. The low water levels in European rivers this summer speak volumes in ...