Science

Shallow private wells near Shore are under special threat as seas rise.

Summertime brings the “nymph” phase of the invasive insect, a prelude to mature bugs this fall.

We talk to science writer Jennifer Ackerman about her new book, "The Bird Way" and with an organizer of Black Birder week.

Technology isn’t just changing our world — it’s changing the words we use to describe it. Language is evolving at breakneck speed, ...

Definitely maybe, research suggests. What doesn’t help: conjugation, and odd bits of practice conversation no one ever uses.

Residents are asking the Public Utility Commission to shut down construction.

Atlantic City and Cape May are among the coastal communities most exposed.

Humans have a close relationship with trees. We plant and cultivate them for food and shelter. Trees offer protection from the rays of th ...

The first thing to know about a new comet that has appeared in the evening sky is that it's one big ice ball: about 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) across.

Several beaches in Delaware had been temporarily closed because of the storm.

The World Health Organization has issued a new scientific brief that summarizes what's known about the different ways the coronavirus can transmit.

Named Kongonaphon kely, which means tiny bug slayer, the creature looked like a dinosaur but scampered the Earth earlier, predating both dinosaurs and flying pterosaurs.

Scientists and the public are working to limit the spread of this harmful pest.

Movies may not be real — but in a lot of ways, they’re real to us. Great films help us understand the world, history, and one another ...

New Jersey is third in the United States for most properties at risk of tidal flooding, new data shows.