Earth

Mud Mountain Dam is a fascinating, record-breaking earthen dam—and right on the way to one of our favorite volcanoes!

By playing road noise where there was no road, researchers were able to gauge the effect of the noise on bird behavior without having to deal with the effect of the road itself.

South America and central Africa lost the most wilderness in a decline since the 1990s that saw the planet's wild areas down by a tenth

Sharks can accumulate both methylmercury and a toxin called BMAA, which can have synergistic effects on human consumers. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Our influence is written in the geological strata

A map based on new data reveals where climate change threatens peoples’ ways of life—and what they are doing to prepare for the future

We asked leading scientists to predict the future. Here’s what they had to say

A map of Earth in 2100 reveals where livelihoods are at stake due to climate change—and what people are doing to prepare for that future

The marathon was used as a benchmark, coupled with climate change models and heat stress measurements 

Today, we visit the Discovery Lab at the Burke Museum and get to act like a bunch of exploring kids!

Environmental concentrations of certain insecticides slashed honeybee drones' living sperm counts. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Welcome to the second leg of our Burke Museum visit! In this one we get to meet a very awesome sabre kitty, enjoy some of the prettiest rocks and fossils ever, and lie in the center of a volcano