A Pacific storm turned deadly when dry desert winds and Gulf moisture combined over the Plains to fuel dozens of tornadoes ...

“ Untangling the Vagus Nerve ,” by Jena Pincott [January 2025], described a 2017 study of people with treatment-resistant depression that found vagus nerve stimulation halved symptoms for 67.6 percent ...

Fiji iguanas, an endangered reptile found only on the remote islands of Fiji and Tonga (part of Oceania). How did they get here, thousands of miles from any mainland? For decades, scientists have ...

Fiji’s iguanas embarked on one of the most astonishing ocean journeys in history, rafting nearly 5,000 miles from North ...

Antelope Canyon, Arizona Antelope Canyon is a photographer’s dream with its winding sandstone formations that play with ...

At some point after approximately 34 million years ago, the ancestors of the Fiji iguanas arrived on the South Pacific ...

The Southern Hemisphere is a world of its own, filled with breathtaking landscapes, unique wildlife, and natural phenomena ...

As Earth is an oasis of life in infinite space, so the islands of Palau form a living Eden surrounded by a desert of ocean. Palau, a cluster of green islands, is surrounded by sparkling blue ocean.

Outside of a handful of valleys in Antarctica, the Atacama is the driest place on Earth. The inhospitable landscape of sand, bare rock, and salt flats is so extreme and otherworldly that it’s used as ...

A storm system that resulted in severe flooding in Southern California is headed to Texas and the Central US — why experts call it a "triple threat." ...

But when living in an ocean “desert” where meals are scarce, it is important to check out every potential source of food. Sharks in general are well known for using their exceptional senses to ...