Concertgoers were pelted with golf-ball size hail, leaving nearly 100 people injured. It raises the question: are hail storms getting worse?

Renowned film director of the 1997 Titanic film featuring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio and ocean super-fan James Cameron has weighed on the safety of the Titan submersible. Cameron said that he suspected a tragedy as soon as he heard about it. “I felt in my bones what had happened,” he said. “For the sub’s [...]

An orca attacked a yacht off the coast of Scotland, U.K. This is the first time this behavior has been recorded beyond Portuguese and Spanish waters. Alfredo López Fernandez, a biologist and representative of the Grupo de Trabajo Orca Atlántica, or Atlantic Orca Working Group (GTOA) told Live Science that behavior can spread through social [...]

Groundwater depletion has had a profound impact on Earth, causing a measurable shift in its axis of rotation, according to recent research. From 1993 to 2010, humans displaced more than 2 trillion tons of water by removing them from underground reservoirs, which has caused the geographic North Pole to shift approximately 4 centimeters per year. [...]

Florida photographer Mark Smith captured an incredible video of a bald eagle hunting for its next meal. In the slow-motion video, you get a detailed look at the majestic bird’s wings and talons as it approaches the water, snatches a fish, and eats it in mid-air. Bald eagles are one of the world’s largest raptors. Their [...]

Two major studies suggest two hours outdoors a day reduces chance of nearsightedness, a common eye problem.

Here are five things to stop doing right now on your outdoor adventures if you want to protect the ocean for future generations.

There are currently more than 160 forest fires raging throughout the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, causing smoke to spread across the northeast.  An estimated 98 million people in both the U.S. and Canada are now under air quality alerts.  According to the New York Times, the air quality in New York City yesterday [...]

Scientists summited the Wei-Assipu-tepui mountain in Brazil and discovered a mysterious new animal species carrying its babies on its back. Researcher Philippe J.R. Kok published the discovery of the creature on May 25 in the Zoological Letters journal. Kok embarked on a biological escapade to the mystical “small sandstone table-top mountain” of Wei-Assipu-tepui to explore [...]

For only the second time in 100 years, a wolverine was spotted near Bishop, California, roaming in the eastern Sierra Nevadas. The National Park Service said this particular wolverine was seen three times in the last month. Wolverines have been considered fundamentally extinct for most of the 20th century and are extremely rare. The last [...]