This anomaly, which has cooled even as surrounding waters have warmed, is now better understood thanks to new research led by ...

Fifty thousand years ago, North America's landscapes were alive with an astonishing array of enormous creatures. Massive woolly mammoths roamed vast icy plains, while dense forests echoed with the ...

The rhythmic clickety-clack of wheels on rails, the mournful sound of the whistle echoing through mountain valleys, the ...

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The Bald Eagle’s undeniable majesty has earned it longtime status as the mascot of the United States, but the bird also has some surprisingly quirky traits, like its dicey aerial courtship routine or ...

Climate change has made extreme weather events such as bushfires and floods more frequent and more likely in recent years, ...

Fighting it out over the Arctic, with the vast resources of the Arctic, is going to be the new great game of the twenty-first ...

As summer ushers in peak mosquito season, health and vector control officials are bracing for the possibility of another year ...

The Founding Fathers who gathered in Philadelphia to adopt the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 picked a nice day ...

There are, of course, existing third parties in the US. The Green and Libertarian parties appear on most ballots for ...