The Environment

You may have endured a frost quake, pogonip or Saskatchewan screamer without knowing it. Take our tour of weird weather terms to find out

Stanford University’s Doerr School of Sustainability will take energy industry donations, which will warp priorities and research agendas

A diamond contains the only known sample of a mineral from Earth’s mantle—and hints at oceans’ worth of water hidden deep within our planet

Primatologist Jane Goodall shares insights from her 50 years among chimpanzees

Despite heroic efforts to protect the nesting beaches of green turtles, fewer and fewer of these endangered creatures reappear every year.Researchers have been stunned to discover that shielding young turtles is only half the battle