A 2021 study concluded pollen season in North America is 20 days longer over a 30-year period from 1990 to 2018.

Back in 1986, when reactor no. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded on April 26, 1986, it sent radioactive fallout ...

It’s pollen season, and for many of us that means coughing, sneezing, a runny nose and itching eyes. Those symptoms can be downright annoying, but is there more pollen in the air this spring compared ...

This story appears in the October 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Moon jellies, which are found in shallow bays around the world, look like small, not entirely friendly ghosts. They have ...

Researchers have uncovered a possible reason why animal life on Earth remained relatively stagnant for millions of years after its first appearance: the earliest animals reproduced without sex. A new ...

For millions of years, some of Earth’s earliest animals barely changed. They lived, grew, and spread across the seafloor, but ...

The blast happened at a key site for natural gas production. The authorities blamed a technical malfunction while operations ...

An electrical fault or arc flash during electrical work inside Baltimore's Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant likely caused an explosion​ that injured three contractors on Tuesday, according to the ...

An explosion at a wastewater treatment plant in Baltimore left three contractors injured, city fire officials said Tuesday afternoon.