The Environment

Vomit is gross—but 290-million-year-old vomit is a scientific marvel

In 2024 extreme rain and floods hit the Spanish region of Valencia, killing more than 230 people in the country. Now a new study shows climate change made it even worse

An environmental scientist’s analysis reveals who will win and who will lose in the push to put federal land into private hands

According to the Chinese zodiac, 2026 is the Year of the Horse—so saddle up for some equine science

We take a look at President Trump’s decision to reject a landmark climate finding, the cause of an unusual winter in the U.S. and the physics behind a bizarre ski jumping scandal

Roses are red—but their ancestors looked rather different

These amorous creatures could put Casanova to shame—from beguiling dancing seahorses to peacocking spiders

The EPA has scrapped a rule stating that climate change harms human health. Here’s what that could mean

The Trump administration rescinded the 2009 “endangerment finding,” ending regulation of greenhouse gases from cars and trucks

Three species of Red Sea fish appear to rely on special “hybrid” retina cells to see in dim environments

Maize farmers in Peru’s Chincha Valley were fertilizing their crops with seabird poop as early as the year 1250

An experiment to quantify the amount of the universe’s lightest element in Earth’s core suggests that the planet’s water has mostly been here since the beginning