Back in the nineteenth century, Peter Orlando Hutchinson’s sketchbooks have pictures of beached whales such as the 70ft one that was brought ashore at Beer in February 1876, and the pilot whale found ...

With temperatures plunging in Volusia County Wednesday night, Thursday morning brought a rush of manatees to Blue Spring State Park.

Whales enhance phytoplankton growth, which absorbs vast amounts of carbon dioxide. The value of this service is estimated to ...

Phytoplankton have been essential Earth life for over 35 billion years. Through photosynthesis, they consume carbon dioxide ...

Freshwater environments, though covering just 1% of Earth's surface, host over 10% of known species. However, like many ...

PITEL: Just before New Year's, we closed on an acquisition of 66 acres in Great Barrington, off of Blue Hill Road. It abuts ...

Diversity-generating retroelements (DGRs) are found in the genomes of microorganisms across the globe—from the arctic permafrost to Yellowstone's hot springs and the human gut. DGRs are able to ...

THERE’S a tiny tidal island in the UK couples often visit on Valentine’s Day because of its ties to a patron saint of love.

As social media users oversaturate their feeds with images of iconic manmade landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and Colosseum, ...

Caddo Mounds State Historic Park is offering “Adventures In Nature,” six-day creative STEM family camps, with sessions scheduled for winter and summer. The camp sessions are designed to provide ...

The ocean is home to some of the most awe-inspiring creatures on Earth, many of which dwarf anything found on land. From ...

Here's how global manufacturer General Electric is continuing a long tradition of looking to the natural world to solve ...