On Wednesday, about 39 million people in the region were under heat alerts, according to the National Weather Service.

Solar flares and coronal mass ejections are normal behavior for the Sun, particularly when it's in the peak of its activity ...

Elephant seals nearly went extinct in the 1800s, when they were hunted for blubber that was used for heating oil, Warner said ...

Forecasters say Hurricane Kirk has strengthened into a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to grow rapidly ...

From Hurricane Helene to Typhoon Yagi, powerful storms are battering the globe, and scientists warn that a warming planet is ...