NATURAL SCIENCE

Australian rescuers desperately working to save a pod of almost 300 beached pilot whales discovered hundreds more on Wednesday, bringing the estimated total to now nearly 500.

An invasive bug is spreading in the Northeast and sparking serious problems for apple orchards, with some orchard owners saying they are dealing with thousands of spotted lanternflies a day.

Scientists have discovered damage to two major Antarctic glaciers through satellite imagery, according to a new study.

Tragedy cut short celebrations at a New Orleans zoo this week when a newborn gorilla, the first welcomed to the facility in over two decades, died at just six days old.

Every year wildfires leave a trail of devastation across parts of the U.S.

Hurricane Laura may have stayed far away from Florida's Gulf Coast, but the storm's strong waves have left a stinking remnant behind.

An online interactive map created by a California-based paleontologist allows people to see how their hometown moved through hundreds of millions of years of continental drift.

As hurricane season kicks into full swing, the U.S. strategy to tackle severe flooding is markedly shifting, using tax dollars to move entire communities out of harm's way.

Prior to being upgraded to a hurricane, Laura was spotted from the International Space Station, showing the wide swath of the storm.

Taylor Swift donated to a low-income teenager in the United Kingdom so that she could go to college.