From NPR For six decades, coal has provided for — and polluted — the Navajo Nation. Demolition of a power plant brings mixed emotions. (Image credit: Benjamin Hunter) Read the…

One reason it is possible to be optimistic about the future of the Pan Amazon is that none of the countries must deal with an impending demographic explosion. This was…

Hurricane Helene recently ravaged the southeastern United States, cutting a path of destruction from the Florida coast past the mountains of North Carolina, more than 480 kilometers (300 miles) inland.…

Ant queens practice a grim but effective form of childcare, eating their own sick larvae to recycle them into new, healthier eggs. A new study shows that by consuming their…

Our current understanding of the Amazon has greatly changed in recent years. Research has shown that the rainforest’s biodiversity and abundance are the product of both natural and human history,…

From BBC Met Office A huge solar flare, the largest since 2017, has been spotted erupting from the Sun’s surface. Solar flares are made up of electromagnetic radiation that travel…

From NPR Lightning: It happens all the time, and yet the exact details of how it’s made has long eluded scientists. That is, until now. New research out this week…

From BBC A telescope in Hawaii captured a rare comet as it passes near Earth. The footage was captured on 2 October by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan’s Subaru-Asahi…

For the Indigenous Vungu people living along the border of Gabon’s Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, the forest here has long been a source of traditional medicines. So when researchers set out…

The Menabe Antimena Protected Area in midwestern Madagascar is badly scarred by deforestation; farmers from the surrounding communities have encroached on this unique dry forest ecosystem in search of new…