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A strong El Nino sounds ominous — but one expert offers some answers about what could be ahead for the 2023-2024 season.

To head-off a new spillover, scientists are combining a menagerie of animals, AI-driven models, and open communication.

Midwestern cities face a dilemma: Remove mature ash trees that keep neighborhoods cool or leave them to be devoured by a tiny bug.

A new system has begun removing acid from seawater at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) facility in Sequim, Washington, allowing seawater to take up and store carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.

It's been a staple of wildlife documentaries and social media alike — the opossum, seemingly lifeless, sprawled out on the ground.

It's been a staple of wildlife documentaries and social media alike — the opossum, seemingly lifeless, sprawled out on the ground.

It's been a staple of wildlife documentaries and social media alike — the opossum, seemingly lifeless, sprawled out on the ground.

Feeding it to deer, a preliminary study suggests, might help reduce tick populations.

Sarah Batterman describes the personal and professional toll after being targeted at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Its director Josh Tewkesbury describes changes after staff spoke out. Sarah Batterman describes the personal and professional toll after being targeted at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Its director Josh Tewkesbury describes changes after staff spoke out.

After a June 2016 flood devastated the tiny town of Rainelle, Dave Sweet performed a mental health assessment on a boy whose family’s home there was washed away.