Salt used to remove ice from roadways is collecting in Simcoe's watershed — a source of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people.

"Tree beard" hangs from trees in Deqen Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan Province. Photo: Courtesy of ...

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Airstrikes targeting oil refineries and desalination plants across the Persian Gulf have triggered a fast-moving ...

Rainbow belly pipefish share an uncanny resemblance to seahorses. This is no coincidence. The species are related and similar ...

A deadly fungal disease that has put at least one bat species on the federal Endangered Species List has been detected in ...

In the quiet, rain-washed village of Boralugoda, where narrow streams slip silently through thick green undergrowth and the air carries the scent of wet earth, a remarkable story of science, ...

More than 300 new species of freshwater fish were identified around the world by scientists last year, the third most in a year since 1758. ● Tampa Bay is facing one of its worst water shortages in ...

The fish, weighing up to 100 pounds and eating 10% of their weight in algae every day, could pose an existential threat to the Great Lakes.

For several months, the waters around New Ireland province in Papua New Guinea have been causing illness, skin irritation and ...

A warm winter and increasing temperatures this spring mean mosquitoes are emerging early and in greater numbers. Experts say they're keeping a close eye on this, because mosquitos carry disease.