Nature

The way we buy food is going to look pretty different for awhile.

Wixom Lake, a reservoir of the Edenville Dam in Michigan was entirely drained this Tuesday.

The Barnacles Cafe & Dolphin Feeding at Tin Can Bay, Queensland says pods of dolphins have been leaving behind random "gifts" of flotsam and jetsam to the shore as visitors have stayed home.

A pilot captured footage of the breaching of the Edenville Dam, sending a deluge surging towards towns in mid-Michigan.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency Tuesday night for Midland County after both the Edenville and Sanford dams breached and urged immediate evacuations.

"While kayak fishing offshore, I hooked up on the elusive South Florida blackfin tuna, which took me on a wild ride. I was quickly joined by the not-so-elusive South Florida sharks which battled me for my catch."

Archivists at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia released a 21-second clip of the last known moving footage of a thylacine. The footage, shot in 1935, captures the last known captive thylacine before the species went extinct.

When photographer Eric Guth drops into Godzilla Cave, he slips into a world of ice built by fire.

Car traffic took a big dip beginning in late March, and headlines celebrated clean air around the U.S. But an NPR analysis of EPA data tells a more troubling story.

A useful audio guide to recognizing the sound of birds commonly found in your neighborhood.

A lizard that both lays eggs and gives birth to live young is helping scientists understand how and why these forms of reproduction evolved.

"We've had torrential rains in northern Illinois. I suppose the the storm drains leading to the sewers under this lot were submerged, and the air had trouble escaping the normal way as it filled with water, so it just blew a hole in the pavement."

In Hawaii, a unique historical site sheds light on a story of prejudice, resilience — and aloha.

The playful aquatic creatures enjoy bouncing rocks and pebbles around. Is it just for fun, or are they driven by deeper instincts?

Brandon Gross goes on a very cramped subterranean escapade.

A raccoon performs a funny bout of gymnastics while trying to break into a man's bird feeder.

A retreating glacier is increasing the risk of a catastrophic landslide and tsunami within a few decades, researchers say.

New research shows these ferocious insects don't just hunt like robots.

Pythons are devouring native animal life in the unique ecosystem of South Florida. To help solve the problem, Florida Fish and Wildlife officials have turned to amateur and professional hunters to round up the reptiles in a wild competition called the Python Bowl.

At a "wet bulb" temperature of 35 degrees Celsius, a human can't survive for more than six hours, even in shade and with water. We're starting to see those conditions more and more frequently.

"We were just out fishing for blue crab in Pecan Island, LA and this huge bobcat came out across the weir. I grabbed my phone thinking he was about to get wet, but he surprised us all."

Researchers have discovered that the ocean is burping tiny plastic particles, which then blow onto land — and potentially into your lungs.

Ants discover a slice of kiwi and have the time of their lives.

Sloth bears feed on ants and termites, but often attack people when startled. As human populations in India grow, violent conflict is rising.

It's not just a matter of force, but more a matter of stealth.

Multiple structures now keep the river from roaring into the Atchafalaya — but they may be inadequate against climate change.

The explorers who set one of the last meaningful records on earth.

Give people the public space they need right now.

Nine disasters we still aren't ready for.

It's not often you see a whale's entire body exit the water during a breach, but these lucky whale-watchers saw just that.

Located deep in Hanoi's Dong Da district is one of the Vietnamese capital's most unique landmarks.

Humanity must enter an alliance with mantises, who will eat the brains of murder hornets without remorse.

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

Dozens of times over the eons, rove beetles have made complex, independent adaptations to live inside the nests of ants — the phenomenon of convergent evolution. Biologists want to know if this shows patterns at work in natural selection.

The permafrost in the Fox tunnel in Alaska protects age-old biological clues from decay. But the priceless substrate and scientific tool is disappearing fast.

Nature filmmakers sneak up on a 3-month-old joey Quokka.

The excretion from sea cucumbers clean and oxygenate the sea floor and they are known as "the ocean's vacuum cleaners."

One small step for a turtle, one giant victory for their journey to the ocean.

Scientists have produced data that shows the range of an enigmatic short-eared canid species that has yet to be widely studied.

Cross-laminated timber is today's hottest sustainable construction material, but can it really slow climate change?

Birds — and humans — of a feather flock together.

The New York Times' report on sightings of the Japanese giant hornets (aka, Murder Hornets) in the Pacific Northwest has us revisiting Coyote Peterson's sting challenge in 2018.

"I had nothing but goodwill for the little guy and I was totally oblivious to any birds of prey nearby."

Oh, and have we mentioned that there's a raven at the scene that's just hanging out and calmly observing all of this unfold?

If the Asian giant hornet manages to establish itself in the United States it could decimate bee populations.

As of Friday, 1.7 million people have joined a Facebook Group called "A group where we all pretend to be ants in an ant colony" — which is exactly what it sounds like.

A day in the life of Abigail, a snail of the Olivella semistriata species.

Sightings of the Asian giant hornet have prompted fears that the vicious insect could establish itself in the United States and devastate bee populations.

We are in utter awe of this. We also want to get the hell out of there before it hits.

An extremely lucky rabbit was able to outwit this leopard just in the nick of time.

NASA's new ICESat-2 satellite provides the most detailed look yet of where the continent is losing and gaining ice.

The tree helped build industrial America before disease wiped out an estimated three billion or more of them. To revive their lost glory, we may need to embrace tinkering with nature.

Recent research suggests that summer conditions can help kill the coronavirus more quickly.

In this edition of "Sounds Right to Me," Emily and Megan compare notes on what the best birds are.

Death might have taken weeks; it might have been days. But when it struck, it struck ruthlessly.

The coronavirus caused Lauren Singer to do something she hasn't done in eight years: she created waste.

With people, vehicles and all the commotion absent, some species might demonstrate just how much more space they actually need.

On November 20, 1980, the ecosystem of Lake Peigneur in Louisiana was forever changed by a critical mistake by an oil exploration effort by Texaco.

Insects are among Earth's most abundant life forms, representing a staggering 80 percent of all animal species. But in recent years, reports of dwindling bug populations have led some experts to warn of an impending "insect apocalypse."

In nature, certain animals and objects are not always like what they seem.