Nature and Environment

An important lesson: There’s still a lot of work to be done to fully understand biodiversity in understudied regions.

Until now, no one thought that protocols for detecting nuclear weapons would be useful in fighting poaching.

Microsoft’s undersea data center has been a success. It lasts longer and has fewer outages than those on land.

Salts and diapers: the future is definitely not what they told us it would be.

The film director, who has led more than 30 expeditions to the wreck of the Titanic, has his own take on what happened.

Scientists have used CRISPR technology to edit mustard greens and alter their flavor. It could be the first edited food to hit U.S. stores.

As the Atlantic moves deeper into "Terra Ignota," the systems we had will become obsolete.

People overlook waste reduction and reuse in favor of recycling. They shouldn't.

The blue crab has become public enemy number one in various parts of the Mediterranean coast.

A new study has detected warm water infiltrations beneath this immense Antarctic ice sheet.

Tornadoes are growing in number. They're concentrated over fewer days and expanding, affecting larger areas.

A natural phenomenon like no other. Millions of very special cicadas are set to emerge in the U.S. for the first time in more than 200 years.