These teensy tiny turtles of Appalachia barely survived a biblical flood. Inside the effort to build them a new home.

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The Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids will overlap on July 30 and 31—but a bright moon could make their meteors difficult to spot.

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As cities become greener and wildlife returns, travellers are swapping traditional game drives for a new kind of safari ...

In a new National Geographic docudrama series, the award-winning actor unveils the latest insights into the eruption of Mount ...

When a male pearly razorfish is snatched from the sea, a female is forced to transition their sex too early. Scientists say ...

It was one of history’s most dramatic moments—but the eruption of Mount Vesuvius wasn’t a single disaster. Recent evidence reveals how three settlements faced three distinct fates, reshaping our ...

Planes filtering in and out of Newark—the 14th busiest airport in the nation—fill the night sky above New Jersey’s Pulaski Skyway. Mauney’s work reveals more than air traffic patterns. If you look ...

She watched as an orca held a sunfish by the tail while another orca swam toward the enormous fish and pummeled into it so ...