Both Florida and Texas are adversely affected because they lie on the Gulf of Mexico, which is currently between 2 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the average for the beginning of July, conditions ...

Creating a way for tourists and casual oceangoers to flag diseased coral is underway as white syndrome threatens reefs around ...

The trial of John T. Scopes, a young high school teacher charged with violating Tennessee’s Butler Act by teaching the theory ...

Appalachian State University researchers have identified where enslaved people were buried on the grounds of Fort Defiance, ...

Scientists have discovered hundreds of giant sand bodies beneath the North Sea that appear to defy fundamental geological ...

A flood watch was in effect July 7 for several states, including Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

As of Sunday afternoon, Sheriff Larry Leitha of Kerr County, where the worst of the flooding occurred, said authorities had recovered the bodies of 40 adults and 28 children. Among those ...

A bill legalizing medical marijuana in North Carolina passed a floor vote in the state Senate Tuesday, where it has strong bipartisan support. The bill, which passed 36-10, will have to have one more ...

Some 35 million years ago, a giant asteroid struck Virginia near Hampton Roads, creating a gigantic tsunami that threw debris ...

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