Science

We return to our episode about the spotted lanternfly, with an update on how the "great hitchhiker" has spread over the summer and the tools being used to combat it.

A dangerous Hurricane Dorian closed in on the northern Bahamas early Sunday, threatening to batter islands with 160 mph winds, pounding waves and torrential rain.

Forecasters say the category 4 hurricane will bring life-threatening storm surge and hurricane force winds to the southeast United States.

A small amount of hydrofluoric acid is left to be dealt with in a 'complicated operation.'

It’s Labor Day, which means we’re celebrating the hard-working people who keep the engines of productivity humming. On this e ...

The research is the latest effort in a decades-long quest to understand the inherited component of sexuality.

First we look at the fires burning in the Amazon -how they started, the response, and the impact on climate change. Then, we discuss threats to U.S. forests.

More teens and young adults — particularly girls and young women — are reporting being depressed and anxious, compared with comparable numbers from the mid-2000s.

The olfactory prowess of detection dogs is becoming an important tool in the fight against invasive plants and insects.

There have been more than 70,000 fires in Brazil so far this year, mostly in the Amazon, and about half of which have ignited in just the past month.

Scientific material requires the brain to process complex relations between concepts, between ideas, a Penn State researcher says.

It was supposed to be paradise, a slice of raw nature in a densely populated country. But things didn't go according to plan, and the conditions were ripe for controversy.

It was supposed to be a paradise. A parcel of wilderness, reminiscent of the past, where birds and large grazers would find refuge. Conse ...

Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest are proliferating at an alarming rate.

At Omni Recycling, a materials recovery facility in Pitman, N.J., one can see firsthand the mess that plastic has become for recyclers.