Coronavirus pandemic disrupts fight to save endangered animals and habitats

The coronavirus pandemic is hampering the ability of scientists to protect threatened species and habitats, from South American rainforests to African savannahs.

Scientists learn how tiny critters make ocean 'snot palaces'

Master builders of the sea construct the equivalent of a complex five-story house that protects them from predators and funnels and filters food for them — all from snot coming out of their heads.

Midland could be under nine feet of water as mid-Michigan dams break, forcing thousands to evacuate

Two dams have broken and a third was under imminent threat of breaking in mid-Michigan, forcing thousands to flee. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer warned the city of Midland could be under nine feet of water by Wednesday.

Study: World carbon pollution falls 17% during pandemic peak

The world cut its daily carbon dioxide emissions by 17% at the peak of the pandemic shutdown last month, a new study found.

A cataclysmic eruption: Looking back at Mount St. Helens 40 years later

The eruption was the worst volcanic disaster in the history of the conterminous United States, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Senators seek to designate Gila River as 'wild and scenic'

Supporters say the project is vital to supplying communities and irrigation districts with a new source of water as drought persists.