Why it's incredible: Kilimanjaro hosts huge, endemic plants called giant groundsels. On the middle-altitude slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro grows a strange plant not found anywhere else on Earth. The ...

Researchers find that tiny plastic particles increase the absorption of environmental arsenic and pesticides in lettuce and human intestinal cells, raising new safety concerns about plastic pollution.

Poison oak poses rising risk as heat and CO2 boost its spread and toxicity. Poodle-dog bush causes severe skin rashes; avoid areas recovering from fire. Common yard plants like lilies and tulips can ...

While hiking a snowy mesa in Flagstaff, Arizona, I noticed my dog was limping. Every few steps, she’d tuck up her back paw and hop on three legs. We stopped, and I knelt to inspect. There, piercing ...

Summer in California means spending plenty of time outdoors, from beach days and backyard barbecues to sunset strolls and scenic hikes. In 2024, California was ranked the second-best state for hiking ...

Scientists solved the mystery of will-o'-the-wisps by discovering that methane bubbles in marshes create lightning sparks ...

Both spatially and financially, nuclear reactors are costly projects — especially when deterred by natural earthly causes. In particular, nuclear infrastructure can easily be disrupted by seismic ...