Earth Sets a Temperature Record for the Third Straight Year
Surface temperatures are heading toward levels that many scientists believe will pose a threat to both the natural world and to human civilization.
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Surface temperatures are heading toward levels that many scientists believe will pose a threat to both the natural world and to human civilization.
By JUSTIN GILLIS
The new study suggests that both termites and plants may be jointly responsible for forming fairy circle landscapes in Namibia.
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR
From gorillas to gibbons, a wide-ranging survey finds that the world’s primates are in steep decline.
By CARL ZIMMER
Zoo animals require care that emphasizes their welfare if people want them to have long lives like Colo, the gorilla that just died at 60 in Ohio.
By JOANNA KLEIN
2016 is the hottest year on the historical record and the third consecutive record-breaking year, scientists say.
By JUGAL K. PATEL
Mr. Pruitt, Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the E.P.A., offered his vision of a more restrained agency at his confirmation hearing.
By CORAL DAVENPORT
An unconventional alliance between scientists and those often considered to be looters has begun to shed light on a tribe’s history and a 17-century war in Connecticut.
By TYLER J. KELLEY
Eugene A. Cernan, who died on Monday at the age of 82, was the last of a dozen men to leave footprints on the moon. He did so almost 45 years ago. Here is a look at the 12 astronauts who walked on the lunar surface.
By ROCHELLE OLIVER and AMISHA PADNANI
Where are the miracle treatments we were promised? A Nobel Prize-winning scientist explains.
By WALLACE RAVVEN
A picture of fish seemingly trapped in a frozen wave on a South Dakota lake has amazed and bewildered viewers on social media. Here’s what happened.
By JOANNA KLEIN
Researchers tied a complicated knot at the molecular level, which could be used to make materials in the future that are stronger, lighter and more flexible.
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft detected what scientists called a gravity wave above the solar system’s second planet, but it hasn’t been seen since.
By KENNETH CHANG
A macabre Twitter battle emerged after a group of scientists who study African carnivores starting sharing photos of prey from the field.
By JOANNA KLEIN
Scientists observed the bright red sea creatures in the waters off Western Australia with the help of a remotely operated vehicle.
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR