May 26, 2021 Cicadas are 'peeing' on communities across eastern US: report Brood X periodical cicadas are reportedly "peeing" on communities around the eastern United States.
May 22, 2021 Ana forms in Atlantic, becomes first named system of 2021 Subtropical storm Ana formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday morning, becoming the season's first named storm.Â
May 21, 2021 Huge 420-million-year-old fish species rediscovered in Indian Ocean A "fossil fish" with origins that can be traced back 420 million years has miraculously resurfaced in the West Indian Ocean off the coast of Madagascar.
May 21, 2021 Judge halts Georgia dredging plan over threat to sea turtles A federal judge ordered an immediate halt on Thursday to plans to dredge a shipping channel on the Georgia coast, citing a threat to sea turtles nesting on nearby beaches.
May 19, 2021 Darwin's Arch in Galapagos loses its top due to erosion The famed Darwin's Arch in the Galapagos Islands has lost its top, and officials are blaming natural erosion of the stone.
May 18, 2021 Sharks use Earth’s magnetic field for navigation, scientists say Sharks use the Earth’s magnetic field as a sort of natural GPS to navigate journeys that take them great distances across the world’s oceans, scientists have found.
May 15, 2021 Rare orange-eyed owl spotted for the first time in more than 125 years For the first time since its discovery more than 125 years ago, scientists have documented the Bornean subspecies of the Rajah Scops-Owl (Otus brookii brookii) in the montane forest of Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu.
May 15, 2021 How 'straight' lightning could prove the existence of dark matter: report A group of scientists has linked the presence of macroscopic dark matter to the appearance of extremely rare "straight" lightning bolts.
May 15, 2021 Water crisis 'couldn't be worse' on Oregon-California border The water crisis along the California-Oregon border went from dire to catastrophic this week as federal regulators shut off irrigation water to farmers from a critical reservoir and said they would not send extra water to dying salmon downstream or to a half-dozen wildlife refuges that harbor millions of migrating birds each year.
May 12, 2021 Perseverance Mars rover's robotic arm starts conducting science NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is using its robotic arm to search for signs of ancient microbial life.Â