The Man Who Turned the World on to the Genius of Fungi
Like many small organisms, fungi are often overlooked, but their planetary significance is outsize. Plants managed to leave water and grow on land only because...
Testosterone Therapy Does Not Raise Heart Risk in a Group of Men
The largest study ever done to evaluate the safety of hormone replacement for men has reassuring news for a limited group of patients whose bodies...
Roger Payne, Biologist Who Heard Whales Singing, Dies at 88
Roger S. Payne, a biologist whose discovery that whales serenade one another prompted him to record their cacophonous repertoire of baying, booming, shrieking, squealing, mooing...
FDA Panel Recommends a Covid Vaccine Aimed at Only the XBB Variant
Why It Matters: Some people remain at risk. Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax have made it clear that they need time to make tens of millions...
May Ocean Temperatures Hottest on Record, NOAA Reports
The News Temperatures are already breaking records this year: Last month was the warmest May for the world’s oceans since record-keeping began in 1850, according...
Four Killer Whales Are Spotted Off New England Coast
After nearly seven hours on a plane on Sunday, two New England Aquarium research scientists had hit a lull in their search for marine mammals...
It’s Not Just You: Many People Confront Health Insurance Obstacles on Care and Bills
The News A majority of Americans with health insurance said they had encountered obstacles to coverage, including denied medical care, higher bills and a dearth...
Uptick in Red Knots on the N.J. Shore Holds Promise
The number of rufa red knot shore birds migrating via Delaware Bay beaches to Arctic breeding sites this spring rose to the highest level in...
Key Environmentalists Back Biden, Despite Broken Oil Promises
Four of the country’s largest environmental organizations said they are endorsing President Biden’s bid for re-election, despite anger from activists over his approval of a...
Here’s Why You Should Kill Spotted Lanternflies
See it, squish it, report it. That was the spotted lanternfly mantra of summers past, and the striking bugs are back this year, despite New Yorkers’...
The U.S. Is Paying Billions to Russia’s Nuclear Agency. Here’s Why.
In a cavernous, Pentagon-sized facility nestled in an Appalachian valley, thousands upon thousands of empty holes line the bare concrete floor. A mere 16 of...
Phosphorus in Enceladus’s ‘Soda Ocean’ Adds to Prospects for Life
Enceladus — the sixth-largest of Saturn’s 146 moons — has a liquid ocean with a rocky floor under its bright, white and frosty surface. Ice...
Black Rhinos, Horns Cut Off, Lose Some of Their Gusto
More ornery than white rhinos, their larger and more populous cousins, black rhinos are a critically endangered species: Only 5,500 to 6,000 individuals remain, 36...
These National Parks Are Welcoming Stargazers This Summer
It’s hard to escape the glare from big cities and metro areas to see all the wonder that the skies have to offer, but several...