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A dog dressed in a turkey costume at the 2013 Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York City.

It's cute, but is it safe to put your dog in a Halloween costume?

Dogs may seem to enjoy it but playing pretend once a year could put your pet under physical and psychological stress, according to some experts.

Susan Elliott power washes her outdoor furniture at her home in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., where a powerful storm surge from Hurricane Ian ravaged the community.

On Florida's Gulf Coast, developers eye properties ravaged by Hurricane Ian

With more than 35,000 homes damaged or destroyed in Lee County, Fla., residents are concerned about housing affordability – and changes to their communities – as developers become involved.

Annie Kunz during the Women's Heptathlon 100 Meters Hurdles during the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials in Eugene, Ore., in June. Building her training regimen around recent findings from sex-specific sports medicine research has made a difference in her performance, says Kunz, who won the heptathlon that day and is competing this week at the Olympic games in Tokyo.

Sports Science Is Changing How Female Olympians Train. It Could Help You, Too

U.S. Olympic heptathlete Annie Kunz says tracking her monthly cycles and learning she needs to eat more and get more naps when she's fatigued has already improved her athletic performance.

Fingerstyle guitarist, singer and music producer Stefan Grossman.

Rev. Gary Davis was a prolific guitar player. A protégé aims to keep his legacy alive

"I want to pass on the joy of playing this music to others, just as Rev. Davis passed it on to me."

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A remote-controlled RC surfer riding a king tide wave during the astronomical event last year, in Huntington Beach, Calif. The National Weather Service says the California coast will see unusually high and low tides over the weekend.

Grab your camera and help science! King tides are crashing onto California beaches

The unusually high and low tides will be affecting coastal communities over the weekend. Scientists are calling on residents and visitors to help document the phenomenon.

Salk Institute neuroscientist Margarita Behrens sits in a Salk lab next to a device that slices up mouse brains for research on Sept 22, 2022.

Brain mapping initiative leads to biggest grant in Salk Institute history

The NIH awarded San Diego-based Salk Institute and partnering institutions $126 million to study cell types to create an “atlas” of the human brain.

An Arctic shark found in Belize has researchers pondering deep sea discoveries

The Greenland shark can live for centuries and is typically found in cold arctic waters. One found in the warmer waters of Belize has researchers rethinking how widespread the marine species could be.

A meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower in August 2021 at Spruce Knob, in West Virginia. A Harvard astronomer thinks a meteor on the floor of the South Pacific Ocean could be a technological object created by aliens.

An astronomer thinks alien tech could be on the ocean floor. Not everyone agrees

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb thinks alien technology could be on the ocean floor. And if he finds anything with buttons on it, he would very much like to press those buttons.

The Anopheles stephensi mosquito, seen here sitting on a window, is year-round pest that has invaded urban areas in parts of Africa, and has recently been the cause of dramatic outbreaks of malaria in Ethiopia.

This urban mosquito threatens to derail the fight against malaria in Africa

The Anopheles stephensi is a well-known malaria mosquito, but still sort of new in Ethiopia, where it has caused dramatic, out-of-season outbreaks in ill-equipped cities, new research shows.

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