For centuries, the electric-blue wings of Morpho butterflies have seemed almost too vivid to be real. Their color is so...

Mangrove forests, the salt-tolerant coastal ecosystems often described as natural climate shields, have expanded globally over the past four decades...

Urban trees are widely seen as natural air purifiers, cooling streets while capturing particles and absorbing gaseous pollutants. But new...

Climate change science is about to become easier to use. Researchers from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that a colossal cliff system once stretched across ancient North America, potentially exposing the deeply buried...

Culverts are among the least noticed pieces of infrastructure in the United States, yet a new study suggests that their...

Glaciers may look solid and immovable from a distance, but much of their most important structural damage is hidden beneath...

Massive hurricanes are no longer rare catastrophes separated by generations. As the climate warms, major storms are becoming more frequent,...

New York City’s efforts to reduce air pollution may have delivered an unexpected benefit to the city’s youngest residents: better...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — The Atlantic Ocean’s great conveyor belt may be doing far more than transporting heat around the planet....