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A split screen image shows a hand polishing a newly finished wooden plank (left) and a phone scanning the tag of a log to verify its origin (right)
Cities might hold the key to sustainable woodworking
a Joro spider on a web
Yes, big spiders are spreading in the U.S. No, they're not flying.
The head of a cicada that emerged in 2021 as part of Brood X.
Cicadas love to land on people. Experts explain why.

Environment

woman walks through door into natural landscape collage
Sustainable laptops to make every day Earth Day
Scientists discover unknown prehistoric world — on Earth
An entire country ran on renewable energy for six days straight
Iceland’s seismic waves sound awfully eerie. You can listen.
Why so many volcanoes seem to be erupting right now
A conception of a supercontinent on Earth. Earth will look wildly different in millions of years. Take a look.
A conception of a giant shark, like a megalodon, hunting smaller prey. Scientists find big megalodon tooth in a really unexpected place
2024 written on a road heading towards the sun. 24 good things already happening in 2024
The large Kauaʻi thrush was removed from the endangered species list in 2023. These animals went extinct in 2023
Fountains of lava erupting on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula on Dec, 19, 2023. Iceland's stunning eruption is happening — and you can watch it live

News

A car frozen over with ice. The internet says winter will be bad. Here's what the science says.
A multi-colored coral reef sways in the dark ocean.
Take a look at the thousand-year-old deep-sea coral reefs untouched by humans
A vivid salp chain (made up of a linked chain of individual organisms) spotted by a deep sea robot.
Scientists drop robot into dark ocean, film weird brilliant world
A biologist recorded a Kauaʻi ʻōʻō song in 1986, a song from either the last or one of the last individuals of the species. This bird was just declared extinct. You can hear its final song.
The 2023 Fat Bear Week winner, Grazer, seen in Katmai National Park and Preserve's Brooks River in September. Fat Bear Week winner is revealed. She's a rebel.
The dominant bear 856 photographed in Katmai National Park and Preserve's Brooks River in 2022. This fat bear won't win Fat Bear Week. But the bears know he's king.
The Fat Bear Week Champion bear 747 fishing in Katmai National Park and Preserve's Brooks River. What's Fat Bear Week?
The famous Katmai National Park and Preserve bear "Holly" (bear 435). A government shutdown means bad news for Fat Bear Week
Australian rainforest 7 ways you can help regenerate Australia’s forests
FineWoven Apple Watch bands Apple ditches leather for all of its products, replaces it with 'FineWoven' material

More Environment

A free algorithm can turn your garden into art for pollinators
By Teodosia Dobriyanova
A colourful render shows an illustrated POV of a pollinator as it flows through a garden patch. Caption reads "Algorithmic gardens/"
Hurricane Idalia's track is unprecedented — and dangerous
By Mark Kaufman
Hurricane Idalia approaching Florida on Aug. 29, 2023.
See live Florida beach webcams as Hurricane Idalia nears, including Cedar Key, Tampa
By Mark Kaufman
An infrared view from NOAA's GOES-East satellite shows Hurricane Idalia approaching Florida on Aug. 29, 2023.
Dramatic images show why emperor penguins were hit with catastrophe
By Mark Kaufman
Emperor penguins in Antarctica.
10,000 feet down, scientists find 'enormous' octopus colony
By Mark Kaufman
an octopus garden in the deep sea.
Wow, a very rare hurricane is tracking toward California. What to know.
By Mark Kaufman
The storm track for Hurricane Hilary as of August 18, 2023.
What we know about the Maui wildfires
By Teodosia Dobriyanova
Aerial shot shows the town of Lahaina in Maui completely obliterated by the wildfires. Palm trees have been destroyed and houses have been burned to the ground. Caption reads: "Devastating blaze."
Scientists make eye-opening discovery in deep sea caves
By Mark Kaufman
A deep sea octopus found over 8,200 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean surface.
There's a fascinating new clue to the giant megalodon's extinction
By Mark Kaufman
a Megalodon next to a great white shark
Yes, the viral sun bear is real. It's not a costume.
By Mark Kaufman
A sun bear sticking out its impressively long tongue.
Artists draw attention to the environmental cost of the war in Ukraine
By Teodosia Dobriyanova
People standing underneath the 'Invasive species' installation which hangs on a metal construction outside a modern building.
Earth's core is wilder than you can imagine
By Mark Kaufman
an artist's illustration showing the inside of Earth resembling fire
Scientists find stunning new octopus world in the deep sea
By Mark Kaufman
An octopus captured on camera during recent deep sea expedition.
Exploding volcano does something scientists have never seen before
By Mark Kaufman
A satellite image showing the tremendous plume from Tonga's Hunga Volcano in early 2022.
The fat bears have awoken and you can watch them live
By Mark Kaufman
A bear chomping on a salmon in Katmai National Park and Preserve's Brooks River.
Scientists find why the 'big one' may not have shaken California...yet
By Mark Kaufman
Downtown Los Angeles with earthquake warning signs
Satellite images show colossal damage from Ukraine's destroyed Kakhovka dam
By Teodosia Dobriyanova
Satellite images show a piece of land before and after the flood caused by the dam's collapse.
New York air quality is the world's worst due to Canada wildfire smoke
By Teodosia Dobriyanova
Aerial shot of the Empire State Building vailed in a cloud of yellow-ish smoke. Caption reads: historic pollution
When will the Canada wildfire smoke clear? Not as soon as you'd like.
By Mike Pearl
Thick wildfire smoke from Canada poured into New York City on June 7, 2023.
Wildfire smoke maps: 4 best sites for tracking the smoke
By Mike Pearl
a smoky day in New York City
Large spiders are rapidly spreading in the U.S. They're not after you.
By Mark Kaufman
A Joro spider hanging from its large web. Female Joros are much larger and flashier in color than males.
The best eco-friendly air conditioners to keep you cool this summer
By Dylan Haas
Windmill air conditioner
Biden's new emissions rules are meant to put you in an EV
By Cecily Mauran
A row of electric vehicles plugged in at a charging station
Amazing creature found 27,000 feet under the sea. Here's how it survives.
By Mark Kaufman
a snailfish swimming in the deep sea
Mikaela Loach's 'It's Not That Radical' calls for climate justice and collective liberation
By Meera Navlakha
Mikaela Loach with her hand raised speaking at a rally next to an image of the cover of her book "It's Not That Radical."
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