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California superbloom from space
Thanks to years of drought followed by above-average rainfall, California is enjoying a fantastic wildflower superbloom in 2017. See before-and-after space images here.
April 13, 2017
Southern lights over South Pole
Hunter Davis sent these photos from Antarctica this morning of the aurora australis - or southern lights - now appearing over Earth's South Pole.
April 11, 2017
New ideas on dinosaur evolution
Basic facts that paleontologists thought they'd known for 130 years - about dinosaurs' family trees - might turn out to be wrong.
April 9, 2017
Rescuing 11 elephants from a mud hole
Asian elephants got stuck in a mud-filled old bomb crater in Cambodia. A collaborative rescue effort saved them all.
April 8, 2017
Red ring of light over Eastern Europe
The enormous ring of light that appeared in the night sky on April 2 - above a thunderstorm in the Czech Republic - was a rare and fleeting lightning phenomenon.
April 6, 2017
Use zip code to attract birds to your yard
Audubon website lets you enter your zip code to see a list of the best bird-friendly plants for your yard. Plus a free app to identify the birds you see.
April 6, 2017
2017 California desert superbloom
After 5 years of exceptional drought, California deserts have exploded with “superblooms” of wildflowers following the wet winter.
April 5, 2017
Favorite octopus videos
Octopuses (aka octopi or octopodes) are so cool! Here are 5 of our favorite videos featuring those remarkable cephalopods.
April 1, 2017
So long, last North American ice sheet
The last remnant of a once-enormous ice sheet will be gone in about 300 years, according to a new study. Scientists say warming temperatures are the reason.
March 26, 2017
Record low sea ice at both poles
Considering both poles in February 2017, Earth essentially lost the equivalent of a chunk of sea ice larger than Mexico, in contrast to the average global minimum for 1981-2010.
March 23, 2017
