We obviously can’t put the universe on a giant set of scales, but scientists have found astonishingly clever ways to […] ...

Since 2020, the conservation outlook has worsened for four of Australia’s 16 natural World Heritage properties – Ningaloo, Shark Bay, Purnululu National Park and the Australian Fossil Mammal Sites.

With Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday, October 13, we look at the herds of bison many tribes relied on that were nearly wiped out.

The IUCN has updated its 'Red List', revealing that three species of Arctic seal have moved closer to extinction.

The mysterious 1,000-foot railroad tunnel in Clinton that helped build the massive Wachusett Dam creates an unsettling ...

About 100 pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins have died in a mass stranding on the remote Chatham Islands, about 800 km (497 miles) off New Zealand's east coast, officials said on Wednesday.

Rescuers were trying to save the few remaining long-finned pilot whales still floundering in shallow waters off the Australian coast on Friday in one of the world's biggest mass whale strandings.

Dark matter is an enigmatic form of matter not expected to emit light, yet it is essential to understanding how the rich ...

Amid a government shutdown, federal land management agencies — like the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service and Bureau ...

The researchers will be formally awarded the prize at a ceremony on Dec. 10, the anniversary of prize founder Alfred Nobel’s ...

Massachusetts is investing $7.5 million to expand outdoor access through 50 trail projects across the state, with plans to create 60 miles of new recreational trails, according to a community ...

For more than two decades, small-scale farmers and community gardeners have grown fresh fruits and vegetables, native plants, ...