Nearly half of the 22,893 species documented in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are insects. Shortly after becoming the park entomologist in the late 1990s, Becky Nichols got the chance to witness ...

Multiple storms trekking similar paths bring rain, snow, ice, and winds, and even hail to much of the nation this week and beyond. The first storm, a deep upper-level storm system, will revolve over ...

Fractal burning, also known as Lichtenberg wood burning, uses high voltage electricity to create branching lightning like patterns. The electrical discharge travels through dampened wood, leaving ...