Climate Disasters Daily? Welcome to the ‘New Normal.’
Catastrophic floods in the Hudson Valley. An unrelenting heat dome over Phoenix. Ocean temperatures hitting 90 degrees Fahrenheit off the coast of Miami. A surprising...
Summer Heat Killed 61,000 in Europe in 2022, Study Says
More than 61,000 people died because of last year’s brutal summer heat waves across Europe, according to a study published on Monday in the journal...
Substance Abuse Is Climbing Among Seniors
When Dr. Benjamin Han, a geriatrician and addiction medicine specialist, meets new patients at the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego,...
A Psychedelics Pioneer Takes the Ultimate Trip
As the founding director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, Dr. Roland Griffiths has been a pioneer in investigating the...
The Star Partyers of New Mexico
By Ramsay de Give and Josephine Sedgwick April 17, 2023 “We live here because it’s dark,” Darrel Moon, an amateur astronomer, said of his slice...
Go Birding With The Times This Summer
Our understanding of birds has been profoundly shaped by the work of everyday people. After all, anyone can step outside and pay attention to an...
Scientists Say They’ve Seen the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. Did They?
If there’s new hope, it’s blurry. What’s certain: The roller coaster tale of the ivory-billed woodpecker, a majestic bird whose presumed extinction has been punctuated...
Tell us about your birding experience
We’re so glad you’re taking part in our summer birding project! Tell us in the comments what got you interested in birding. And if you...
Alli Smith, of the Cornell Ornithology Laboratory, offers beginner tips for exploring the wide world of birds.
This summer, as part of the New York Times birding project, The Times will be sharing a series of prompts to help readers learn how...
Just How Bad Was the Pollution in New York?
Editors’ note: After publication of this article, the city revised its pollution measurements on June 9, lowering them by nearly 50 percent. The article and...
Drowning Is No. 1 Killer of Young Children. U.S. Efforts to Fix It Are Lagging.
Yadira Salcedo was born in Mexico to parents who did not know how to swim. As a child, she nearly drowned when she waded too...
When’s the best time to go birding? Whenever you read this.
Even the early afternoon, the hottest part of the day and often considered the most challenging time to bird, can be a great time to...
Euclid Telescope Launches on Mission to Map the Cosmos
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Auto-Industry Group Assails Biden’s Plan to Electrify America’s Cars
But last year, all-electric vehicles accounted for just 5.8 percent of new cars sold in the United States. Mr. Biden last year signed a law...