Flossie is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain to the northwestern islands, but it's nothing the marine reserve there can't handle, a NOAA expert says.
The kingdom of Angkor was the world's largest preindustrial settlement, but sprawl and environmental degradation hastened its downfall, a new study hints.
As conservationists warn that bluefin tuna are near extinction due to overfishing, scientists are using the latest technology to tease out the fishes' migration mysteries and hopefully craft better protections.
It's a matter of when—not if—a massive earthquake will strike Southern California. And the results could be "along the lines of Hurricane Katrina," experts say.
High-tech satellite tags are offering researchers a clearer picture of the feeding and breeding behaviors of the huge but elusive fish, two new papers report.
Found only on the Asian island, the animals number only about 15,000 and are threatened by logging, plantations, and human settlements, a new satellite study shows.
Though the dynamics are mysterious, sunspots may be linked to heavy rains, flooding, and even outbreaks of bug-borne disease in East Africa, a new study says.
