When Jennifer Johnson and her team embarked on their annual quest to survey the sturgeon population in the Detroit River in mid-April 2021, they had fully expected to find some ...

Geologists have long maintained that our Earth comprises four layers  — the crust, the mantle, the outer core, and, the deepest layer, the inner core.  However, a team of scient...

Partial lunar eclipses are typically not considered as newsworthy as total lunar eclipses. However, the one taking place overnight on  November 18 and 19, 2021, is definitely wo...

Few countries celebrate Halloween with as much fervor and excitement as the US.  Children and adults alike observe the occasion by dressing in creative costumes, gorging on cand...

After erupting almost continuously for over three decades — from 1983 to 2018 —  Hawaii's Kilauea volcano finally seemed to lose steam, producing no lava for nearly two years. T...

While total lunar eclipses are always spectacular, the one on May 26, 2021, promises to be particularly memorable given that it coincides with a supermoon. This means that the M...

With less than 55,000 grizzly bears left in the wild across North America, the sighting of even one is a cause for celebration. Hence you can only imagine how delighted Cara Cla...

On December 31, 2021, the world happily bid farewell to yet another year of COVID uncertainties and welcomed 2022 with high hopes. The celebrations were scaled back, or in some ...