More than a week has passed since Cyclone Idai tore through the coast of southeastern Africa, dealing a devastating blow to the region. The cyclone has killed… Read More

Roughly 1,000 people sought treatment at a pop-up treatment center for symptoms including nausea, headaches, and respiratory problems after Intercontinental Terminals Co.’s (ITC) chemical storage facility in… Read More

A pair of fierce tropical cyclones–Cyclone Trevor and Cyclone Veronica–are poised to strike Australia on two coasts within a day of each other, prompting mass evacuations as… Read More

Last month, an alarming scientific paper warned that over 40 percent of all insect species are in decline. News of an impending “insectageddon”–a world either devoid of… Read More

Last year, a visualization that turned data on our planet’s temperature into a gradient of colorful stripes made a splash by showing how severely the world has… Read More

Cougars have called California home long before humans have. In Los Angeles, however, urbanization and human activity are driving nearby mountain populations toward possible extinction, according to… Read More

Cyclone Idai is on track to becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone on record for the Southern Hemisphere. The storm, which struck the southeastern coast of Africa with… Read More

On March 15, a rare, giant cyclone made landfall in Mozambique before making its way west to Malawi and Zimbabwe. By Saturday, Cyclone Idai had dissipated, but… Read More