A major new study finds the pace of biological discovery is accelerating, not slowing down, and estimates Earth may harbor tens of millions or even billions of species still unknown to science. For ...

Think of an island that is named, but which sits in a body of water that is unnamed. There is at least one answer in this world, and it is "Tree Island." As you might guess from the simple name, it is ...

A red crescent moon hung over the horizon as I pulled up near Rio Vista Park, in San Marcos, just before six on a February morning. My car’s thermometer read 45 degrees. The park includes a short ...

A broken pipe sent a gusher of sewage into the river near Washington. Some people may try to row, sail or fish. But skeptics are steering clear.

Aquaponics may sound like a Swedish pop group from the 1990s, but this ultra-green offshoot of hydroponics might be the ...

From training hairdressers about climate change to cows wearing backpacks to collect their farts, here are five ...

The otherworldly Yang's plateau loach is one of hundreds freshwater fish species described in 2025, new report reveals.

Columbia Sportswear and Breakside Brewery teamed up to produce a bear scat-infused beer titled Nature Calls. To make the beer ...

Officials in Florida say an injured mother manatee and her calf have been rescued from a river and taken to SeaWorld Orlando ...

When you wiggle your toes in the pristine white sand of tropical beaches, you might be standing on something quite unexpected: fish poop. Specifically, parrotfish poop. These colorful reef-dwelling ...