Critical fire weather forecast Friday in Texas, New Mexico

There is a critical fire weather risk today in parts of New Mexico and western Texas due to low humidity, strong winds and a lack of rain.

The truth about dinosaur behavior from hints in fossils

What do paleontologists know about dinosaur behavior and how do they know it? All we have of them is their fossils. Read on to find out what we can know.

Watch 1.8 billion years of plate tectonics on Earth. Amazing!

Watch an amazing new animation showing the creation and destruction of supercontinents over 1.8 billion years of Earth's plate tectonics history.

Beavers know better. They saved the Czech government $1 million!

After a plan for building a dam stalled in the Czech Republic for seven years, beavers stepped in and did what beavers do, building the dam for free!

Wild fish can recognize unique humans with visual cues

Wild fish are able to recognize divers based on visual cues from their dive gear. But they cannot tell apart divers that are dressed in identical dive gear.

Wooly devil is new plant species discovered at Big Bend

Staffers at Big Bend National Park have discovered a new plant species. The fuzzy white flowering plant is named wooly devil.

Secretary birds are expert snake killers

Secretary birds are elegant, beautiful creatures. But they are also fierce and a snake's worst nightmare! Find out more about these incredible creatures.

Have you seen a white rainbow? That’s a fogbow!

Have you ever seen a rainbow but without any color? That's a fogbow, also called a white rainbow or ghost rainbow. Here's how they form.

Why is life on Earth so colorful?

The color of life - in the world's plants and animals - has evolved over time. Read why certain color adaptations benefit animals and plants.

A bold new theory of intelligent life and origin of humanity

Was the rise of humanity simply a matter of luck? A new theory says no, that we - and perhaps other intelligent life - are the probable outcome of evolution.