Researchers study house sparrow genetics to understand survival, evolution, and how species respond to environmental change.

A powerful solar storm could cripple Earth's satellite infrastructure within days, a new paper warns. Increased satellite ...

With towns and cities in the southeastern United States still reeling from hurricanes that hit last year, scientists are now releasing their forecasts for what could unfold in the hurricane season ...

AI system predicts risk for 130 diseases from one night's sleep with up to 85% accuracy. Sleep patterns show hidden health ...

Something unexpected happened in the climate science community over the past two years. While global temperatures soared to ...

An undersea volcano off Oregon’s coast will likely erupt in 2025, scientists say. Known as Axial Seamount, it’s the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest – though one most people haven’t heard ...

Under a hazy gray sky on the first day of 1995, the Draupner natural gas platform in the North Sea was struck by something that had long been relegated to maritime folklore: an 84-foot wall of water ...

(This Feb. 27 story has been corrected to fix the name and title of the scientist in paragraphs 8 to 11) SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Fifteen years ago on February 27, a devastating 8.8 magnitude quake struck ...

A new approach to forecasting would give local authorities more information as they prepare for deadly heat waves. Weather forecasts already can anticipate heat waves several weeks in advance. Now, ...

New species are being discovered faster than ever before — at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.

The first hurricane forecast of the year from the experts at Colorado State University released Thursday calls for an above-average season with nine hurricanes and a better than 50% chance a major ...