The Environment

The practice of “cloacal diving” could help remoras hide from predators—it could also be a feeding strategy or help the fish hitchhike

Here are some of the most fascinating facts about animal moms, from naked mole rats to giraffes and octopuses

Universities that run the National Center for Atmospheric Research want to keep it from being dismantled

A fire covering at least five square miles burned through the exclusion zone around the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster on Friday after two drones crashed into the area

After decades of fighting for renewable energy, solar power is finally achieving economic dominance. But AI data centers threaten to consume those energy gains

Earth’s ancient climate is written in... ostrich eggshells and stomach oil?

The latest studies bring the number of remains identified from this doomed 1845 expedition to six of the 129 who set out to the Arctic

As the U.S. and Iran fight for dominance in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. gas prices are continuing to rise—and production might not keep up

By chance a tour boat avoided a deadly tsunami set off by the retreat of Alaska's coastal glaciers. Scientists are working to spot landslides like the one that caused the massive wave to warn people in harm's way

These data come from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mauna Loa Observatory, which may soon be shut down because of proposed government budget cuts

Scientists are trying to decode why humpback whales can be observed hanging around with their mouth open, with no apparent explanation

Greenland sharks have hearts that can function normally for more than a century