Science

Data from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shows Pennsylvania had 686 fires on average each year between 2015 and 2019.

In the wake of heat waves, global warming and forest fires, the U.N. is warning that the number of people who need international humanitarian help could rise 50% by 2030.

The pandemic has changed the way a lot of us understand and experience happiness. In normal times, we think of happiness as a big-picture ...

More than 50 piping plover chicks were born along Delaware's beaches this year, well above the long-term species recovery goal.

One study is trying to help scientists and researchers answer one big question: Just how does the virus that causes COVID-19 spread from one person to another?

Pennsylvania’s utility regulator is siding with a Cumberland County man in his complaint against Sunoco’s Mariner East pipeline.

We’re trying to have more meaningful conversations about racism as a country. Part of that means talking about implicit bias — assump ...

Mariner East construction at three sites that require drilling through porous limestone can shift from horizontal directional drilling to open trench.

Scientists say human impacts are clear.

Currently, state buys power on PJM capacity market. Critics want New Jersey to go it alone.

The 2020 census revealed 941 seabeach amaranth plants — a sharp decline from the 7,195 plants counted in 2019.

While climate change is a factor, researchers say what’s happening is more extreme than climate models predict and there must be another natural weather phenomenon at work.

The pandemic has put a lot of pressure on both our health care system and the scientific process — exposing weaknesses that have long e ...

The EPA says it’s working with the owner of the former DuPont plant to prevent spread to private water wells.

A recent grand jury report detailed numerous health and environmental impacts of the natural gas industry and called out state regulators as unprepared to corral the industry.