Space Exploration
Apr 2, 2024
What to know about next week's total solar eclipse in the US, Mexico and Canada
North America is on the verge of another masking of the sun.
Search results for watchful waiting
Ecology
Apr 1, 2024
Beavers' work can help stop wildfires: More places in California are embracing them
A vast burn scar unfolds in drone footage of a landscape seared by massive wildfires north of Lake Tahoe. But amid the expanses of torched trees and gray soil, an unburnt island of lush green emerges.
Ecology
Mar 31, 2024
As climate change and pollution imperil coral reefs, scientists are deep-freezing corals to repopulate future oceans
Coral reefs are some of the oldest, most diverse ecosystems on Earth, and among the most valuable. They nurture 25% of all ocean life, protect coasts from storms and add billions of dollars yearly to the global economy through ...
Environment
Mar 26, 2024
This mega-city is running out of water: What will 22 million people do when the taps run dry?
When Reina Cervantes Trejo heard the truck, gears grinding as it climbed the street to her house, she rushed outside.
Ecology
Mar 25, 2024
Dam removal spurs the return of salmon, and a local tribe's hopes of sustainable fishing
After decades of waiting for two dams to come down on the Elwha River on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula, and another decade of monitoring salmon populations, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (LEKT) was finally able to ...
Planetary Sciences
Mar 23, 2024
Fill up your gas tank and prepare to wait. Some tips to prepare for April's total solar eclipse
Stock up on groceries. Print off driving directions. And be very, very patient.
Space Exploration
Mar 15, 2024
Businesses are ready for April's total solar eclipse with celestial-themed doughnuts and beer
Eclipse-themed beer. Jewelry and ornaments. And doughnuts that capture the sun's disappearing act with the help of buttercream frosting.
Ecology
Mar 11, 2024
Removing Washington salmon barriers surges to $1M a day, but results are murky
The coho salmon has already conquered the Ballard Locks fish ladder, swum 17 miles through urban Seattle waterways and powered through a tunnel under nine lanes of Interstate 405.
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2024
Monarch caterpillar found to switch from avoiding milkweed-toxin-rich latex to eating it as they age
A trio of German entomologists has found that young monarch caterpillars switch from avoiding milkweed-toxin-rich latex to eating it as they get older. Their paper is published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society ...
Space Exploration
Mar 7, 2024
Eclipse chasers head to southern Illinois for 2nd total solar eclipse in 7 years
In 1999, Michelle Nichols saw her first total solar eclipse on a cruise in the Black Sea. It would be many years before she witnessed another one during a visit to southern Illinois in 2017.
