Mar 16 Is spring really, finally here? What to know about the vernal equinox By Associated Press It's far from clear if the weather is planning to cooperate, but spring arrives — technically, at least — Friday. Continue reading
Mar 16 Oldest known recording of a whale song could unlock mysteries of the ocean By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press Researchers say the discovery of the oldest known recordings of whale sounds could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate. Continue reading
Mar 13 U.S. forecasts blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome and atmospheric river all at once By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Experts link the stretch of U.S. weather extremes to a sharply dipping jet stream. Continue reading
Mar 11 Twin lava fountains from Kilauea volcano trigger park and highway closures By Jennifer Kelleher, Associated Press Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island, has been dazzling residents and visitors for more than year with an on-and-off eruption that periodically sends fountains of lava soaring into the sky. Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch 8:48 Electric grid faces political roadblocks as it struggles with data center demand By Miles O'Brien, Will Toubman The war in Iran has cast a spotlight again on the dependence on fossil fuels. The electric grid is under growing demand, but the Trump administration has worked to roll back subsidies and incentives for some renewable energies. A new… Continue watching
Mar 04 Study finds sea levels are higher than we thought, placing millions more at risk By Seth Borenstein, Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press Climate change's rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters already are, a new study said. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 3:15 Environmental justice advocate works to preserve her family's 100-year-old farm By Becky Wandel, Victor Fernandez, Annalise Huang, Janey Mitchell and Alessandro de Palma, Student Reporting Labs PBS News Student Reporting Labs, our journalism training program, takes us to a family farm in Upper Marlborough, Maryland, to meet Cameron Oglesby. They bring you the story of her family’s struggle to hold onto their land, which inspired her… Continue watching
Mar 02 Triceratops skeleton 'Trey' to hit auction block as dinosaur prices soar By R.J. Rico, Associated Press A triceratops skeleton that once greeted visitors at a Wyoming museum is heading to an online auction as dinosaur prices keep soaring. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch 6:22 Why the Trump administration is clashing with AI firm Anthropic By William Brangham, Veronica Vela, Dan Sagalyn The clash between Anthropic and the U.S. government escalated with President Trump ordering every federal agency to stop using any of the AI company's products. It came after Anthropic wanted to limit how the Pentagon used one of its AI… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch 3:29 Punch the monkey melts hearts after rejection and unlikely friendship By Stephanie Sy, Layla Quran In a zoo outside Tokyo, one monkey has pulled heartstrings around the world after forming an unexpected friendship. Stephanie Sy reports. Continue watching