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In his new book, An Immense World, science writer Ed Yong explores the diversity of perception in the animal world — including echolocation, magnetic fields and ultraviolet vision.

Utah leaders are under pressure to end water diversions and enforce tougher restrictions in order save the drying Great Salt Lake. A recent report predicted it will completely dry in five years.

For people with drug-resistant epilepsy, surgery used to be seen as a last resort. Now it's often the treatment of choice.

Lindsey Fitzharris' new book tells the true story of Harold Gillies, a British surgeon whose team worked to reconstruct the faces of some of the 280,000 men who suffered facial trauma during WWI.

America's oldest trees store vast amounts of carbon. Counting them is the first step to preserving them, says the Biden administration.

From relentless campaigning to snubs and speeches, the Academy Awards have often reflected a cultural conflict zone. Michael Schulman sifts through the controversies in a new book.

Cankerworms and hackberry leafrollers are feasting on foliage and leaving yards in the Dallas-Fort Worth area covered in silk. Scientists attribute the outbreak to recent heavy rains.

Ever wonder what Nina Totenberg would look like dunking a basketball in space? An Edith Piaf Tiny Desk concert? With the AI-generated art tool now released to the public, you no longer have to.

UC San Diego professor Tom Wong was awarded the ACLU's Presidential Prize for his academic work on immigration, but his experience with the issue is personal.

The findings may explain in part the paucity of women compared to men working and studying in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.