In 1843, Congress gave Samuel Morse $30,000 to try to send a telegram from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore. Rather than bury the transmission wires underground, where technical issues would be hard to ...

Feedback enjoys the debunking of a study that suggested a 2022 solar eclipse had been "anticipated" by a bunch of trees ...

While lawmakers focus on power and water demands, round-the-clock industrial lighting from massive facilities threatens both ...

The Kariakoo market in Dar es Salaam has recently been in the headlines, chiefly because Her Excellency the President opened ...

Joshua trees rely on a single species—the yucca moth—to pollinate their flowers. Bryan Ungard via Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0 Joshua trees in the American Southwest are blooming early, a concerning ...

SOMERVELL COUNTY — Greg Marsh starts his mornings early, brewing his cup of coffee and taking a seat at the dining room table ...

Record-breaking floods tore across the United States throughout 2025 at a pace that outstripped every prior year on file, while deadly storms battered western Europe and left hundreds of thousands ...

Meteorologists say California and much of the Western United States are about to trade a calm, warm stretch for a run of ...

Embracing ‘Our Power, Our Planet’ for Earth Day 2025 Philippines. This year, Earth Day 2025 lands on April 22nd, and the ...

The backbone of forests is under threat The most threatened species are often slow-growing specialists, as Svenning describes them. These are trees with thick leaves, dense wood, and long lifespans, ...

Microbes could help oak trees cope with environmental change. Publishing in Cell Host & Microbe, a study observing oaks ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The temperatures lately throughout Utah have been dry and unusually warm, affecting trees and other plants in the state. Now, KSL Greenhouse Show host Taun Beddes said, is the time to ...