The nonprofit behind it, which fights to keep artificial light from ruining the night, believes darkness can actually help ...

The first state park in Kansas or Missouri to earn recognition from Dark Sky International is fixing lights that cause unnecessary glare and skyglow. Similar work is taking place at Truman State ...

Birds that are active during the day sing later into the night in places with significant light pollution, according to research by a Southern Illinois University Carbondale professor and his ...

Sacramento is one of California’s most light polluted cities. The Bortle scale is a nine-level numeric scale measuring the night sky's brightness of specific locations with one being perfect ...

Artificial light, while beneficial to humans, has disrupted the natural day-night cycle and created light pollution, negatively affecting wildlife. Humans also suffer from light pollution, ...

Babies exposed to air and light pollution have a higher risk of childhood thyroid cancer Thyroid cancer risk increased with exposure to particle pollution Exposure to light pollution increased thyroid ...

For most of human history, darkness was a constant. The rhythms of nature, wildlife behavior, and even human sleep evolved under predictable cycles of day and night. In the past century, however, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Richard Green, University of Arizona (THE CONVERSATION) Outdoor lighting for buildings ...

Americans are losing their starry views to light pollution. But some communities are make lighting decisions to help preserve night skies – while benefiting wildlife and human health. Just a few ...

You may have seen reports late last month about a new study showing how too much light at night is affecting birds — the latest sign of a problem that has implications for us, too. The study’s ...