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An artist’s rendering of the X-66 aircraft soaring above the clouds.
NASA's testing a futuristic plane. You might fly on it.
A ship amid the fog in the ocean
There's an eerie mystery sound in the ocean. It could be a conversation.
The powerful mid-latitude cyclone spinning off the West Coast of the U.S. on Nov. 19, 2024.
The bomb cyclone looks monstrous from space

Environment

An artist's conception of "Snowball Earth," when the planet was either completely or largely covered in ice hundreds of millions of years ago.
Scientists find evidence that entirety of Earth was once covered in ice
A deep sea expedition is filming jaw-dropping footage
Amazon takes enormous step to reduce packaging waste
Land, air, and space footage captures the surging Hurricane Milton
Plane flies into Hurricane Milton, captures turbulent footage
It took 150 sightings over 20 years and genetic testing to identify this new deep sea species. Scientists discover mysterious deep sea creature. It hunts with a hood.
Firefighters battle the Mountain Fire in Moorpark, Calif. How to find online updates on California's Mountain Fire
Scientists recently spotted this curious polychaete off the coast of Chile. Scientists film footage of alien, shimmering creature in the remote ocean
An Atlantic cod swimming in the dark ocean. Scientists witness stunning, unprecedented carnage in the ocean
An artist's conception of a large space rock colliding with Earth. A colossal asteroid once boiled the oceans. It also did the unexpected.

News

Hurricane Milton's storm track, as forecast on Oct. 8, 2024. Hurricane Milton: See Florida coast webcams live as the storm approaches
A view of Hurricane Milton as it churns through the Gulf of Mexico on Oct. 7, 2024. National Weather Service releases dire Hurricane Milton storm surge video
Hurricane Helene as seen on NOAA satellite imagery on Sept. 25, 2024. Hurricane Helene: Watch live Tampa Bay webcams as storm threatens Florida
A green recycling bin with the city of Houston logo, full of cardboard boxes. Texas resident used Apple AirTags to track her recycling. It ended up in the middle of nowhere.
One of the most dominant bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve's Brooks River, Bear 32, "Chunk." Fat bear ate 135,000 calories in 10 hours. And he's not done.
A flying spaghetti monster spotted amid a recent deep ocean expedition. Flying spaghetti monster and unworldly life filmed in deep sea footage
A view of Tropical Storm Debby passing over the Southeastern U.S. on Aug. 5, 2024. See South Carolina webcams as Tropical Storm Debby looms
Bear 32, known as "Chunk," attacked a cub in a river at Katmai National Park and Preserve. A violent event occurred on Alaska's fat bear livestream
A Greenland shark swimming in ocean. This shark lives for centuries. Scientists discover how it resists aging.
a Joro spider on a web Yes, big spiders are spreading in the U.S. No, they're not flying.

More Environment

Space footage shows Hurricane Milton explode into monster storm
By Mark Kaufman
Hurricane Milton observed on Oct. 7 by NOAA's GOES-19 weather satellite.
‘Living walls’ are transforming London construction sites
By Teodosia Dobriyanova
A split-screen shows two photographs of a construction hoarding – before and after the vertical meadow grew on it. Caption reads: "Vertical meadows"
Trump won't stop making a deceptive bird claim. Experts debunk it.
By Mark Kaufman
A crested caracara near a wind turbine in South Texas.
How Paris cleaned up the Seine for the Olympics
By Teodosia Dobriyanova
Atheletes jump in the river Seine, with Pont Neuf and the Eiffel Tower in the background. Caption reads "Olympic effort"
Yellowstone just had an explosion. What that means for the future.
By Mark Kaufman
Park rangers assessing damage from the hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone National Park.
Cities might hold the key to sustainable woodworking
By Teodosia Dobriyanova
A split screen image shows a hand polishing a newly finished wooden plank (left) and a phone scanning the tag of a log to verify its origin (right)
Cicadas love to land on people. Experts explain why.
By Mark Kaufman
The head of a cicada that emerged in 2021 as part of Brood X.
Sustainable laptops to make every day Earth Day
By Mashable BrandX and Dell
woman walks through door into natural landscape collage
Earth will look wildly different in millions of years. Take a look.
By Mark Kaufman
A conception of a supercontinent on Earth.
Scientists find big megalodon tooth in a really unexpected place
By Mark Kaufman
A conception of a giant shark, like a megalodon, hunting smaller prey.
24 good things already happening in 2024
By Chris Taylor
2024 written on a road heading towards the sun.
These animals went extinct in 2023
By Mark Kaufman
The large Kauaʻi thrush was removed from the endangered species list in 2023.
Iceland's stunning eruption is happening — and you can watch it live
By Mark Kaufman
Fountains of lava erupting on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula on Dec, 19, 2023.
Scientists discover unknown prehistoric world — on Earth
By Mark Kaufman
An aerial view of newly found lagoons in Argentina’s Puna de Atacama desert.
An entire country ran on renewable energy for six days straight
By Teodosia Dobriyanova
A picture shows the top of a typical portuguese house, yellow walls, dark green shutters, and a red rooftop. Behind it, against the blue sky a win turbine is peeking in the background.
Iceland’s seismic waves sound awfully eerie. You can listen.
By Teodosia Dobriyanova
A split screen shows a hole caused by an earthquake is Grindavík, Iceland on the left. On the right, there's a picture of a recently erupted Icelandic volcano, with lava and smoke coming out of the crater.
Why so many volcanoes seem to be erupting right now
By Mark Kaufman
The Etna volcano erupting in Italy on Nov. 12, 2023.
The internet says winter will be bad. Here's what the science says.
By Mark Kaufman
A car frozen over with ice.
A free algorithm can turn your garden into art for pollinators
By Teodosia Dobriyanova
A colourful render shows an illustrated POV of a pollinator as it flows through a garden patch. Caption reads "Algorithmic gardens/"
Take a look at the thousand-year-old deep-sea coral reefs untouched by humans
By Chase DiBenedetto
A multi-colored coral reef sways in the dark ocean.
Scientists drop robot into dark ocean, film weird brilliant world
By Mark Kaufman
A vivid salp chain (made up of a linked chain of individual organisms) spotted by a deep sea robot.
This bird was just declared extinct. You can hear its final song.
By Mark Kaufman
A biologist recorded a Kauaʻi ʻōʻō song in 1986, a song from either the last or one of the last individuals of the species.
Fat Bear Week winner is revealed. She's a rebel.
By Mark Kaufman
The 2023 Fat Bear Week winner, Grazer, seen in Katmai National Park and Preserve's Brooks River in September.
This fat bear won't win Fat Bear Week. But the bears know he's king.
By Mark Kaufman
The dominant bear 856 photographed in Katmai National Park and Preserve's Brooks River in 2022.
What's Fat Bear Week?
By Mark Kaufman
The Fat Bear Week Champion bear 747 fishing in Katmai National Park and Preserve's Brooks River.
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