While the contiguous U.S. was breaking records with its wettest first eight months of the year, it also roasted through a warmer-than-average summer, with Alaska sweating through its second-hottest summer on record.

How do you follow a predator so elusive that its nickname is “shadow cat”?

For tens of millions of people, migration is a tough reality. What causes people to migrate away from their home countries, and what happens when they do?

There has been a flurry of headlines this summer about a "nuclear coffin" leaking radioactive waste into the Pacific Ocean.

New research from the University of Montana suggests that streamflow variability brought on by climate change will negatively affect the survival of salamanders.

Volcanoes are often feared for their destructive power, but a new study reminds us that they can foster new growth.

Maps derived from satellite data show island conditions post-storm.

Surge in microplastics could serve as marker for “the Great Acceleration”.

Scientists study how a massive input of external nutrients alters marine ecosystems.

The important nutrient phosphate may be less abundant in the global ocean than previously thought, according to a new paper in Science Advances.