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Celebrated annually on 2 February, World Wetlands Day aims to raise global awareness about the importance of wetlands for our planet.

Preliminary results raise questions about whether Cook Inlet beluga whales are reproducing much later than initially thought.

Seasonal crop fires are a staple of the sugar harvest, but the smoke might have health effects.

Cornell wind energy scientists have released a new global wind atlas – a digital compendium filled with documented extreme wind speeds for all parts of the world –  to help engineers select the turbines in any given region and accelerate the development of sustainable energy.

Satellite data indicate that snow is melting earlier, changing when and how much the lake is refilled.