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Scientists have scratched their heads in recent years as a series of major hurricanes have steered clear of the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts, defying …

Hurricane Matthew strengthened to a Category 4 on Thursday as it headed toward the U.S., and Florida Gov. Rick Scott encouraged residents living in evacuation …

President Obama will permanently ban offshore drilling in most of the U.S.-controlled Arctic as well as off much of the Atlantic Seaboard, the White House …

An epic — and sometimes emotional — space mission that spanned 12 years and showed us spectacular close-up images of another world will end on …

Climate change may be to blame for a 2,500-acre ice avalanche this summer that ranks as one of the largest ever recorded, scientists say. The …

Population levels of more than 700 North American bee species are declining as habitat loss and pesticide use continue at a breakneck pace, according to …

There weren’t a lot of silly pictures taken of John Glenn—mostly because Glenn just didn’t do silly. He did happy, of course. You don’t get …

Scientists said a river that flowed from one of Canada’s largest glaciers was rerouted — a process that normally takes thousands of years — in …

The world’s oldest known killer whale is missing and presumed dead. The whale—named J2, though she was affectionally nicknamed Granny—was estimated to be more than …

Streetlights across much of Iceland’s capital were switched off Wednesday night so its citizens could make the most of the otherworldly glow of the aurora …