If you get too close to a pufferfish, this undersea creature will blow up like a balloon to scare you away.

Problems with memory and cognition have long been identified as a predictor of dementia, but now researchers have identified a crucial physical indicator that warrants equal attention—gait speed, or how fast a person walks.

The 2020 monsoon has brought historic amounts of rain to the country.

New access anywhere interactive map helps minimize loss of life and property.

Blood clots continue to wreak havoc for patients with severe COVID-19 infection, and a new study explains what may spark them in up to half of patients.

Predicting influenza outbreaks just got a little easier, thanks to a new A.I.-powered forecasting tool developed by researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology. 

As temperatures begin to drop and fall transitions into winter, snow will soon blanket the northern regions of the United States. 

Wildfires burning in the West affect not only the areas burned, but the wider regions covered by smoke. 

At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, there were high hopes that hot summer temperatures could reduce its spread.

Phyllis Omido thought her baby son had malaria — until doctors discovered he was being poisoned by her breast milk, which contained dangerous levels of lead emitted by a battery recycling plant close to her home in Mombasa, Kenya.