Author: Ellen Airhart

These stinging insects love natural disasters, human landscaping, and the warming conditions brought by climate change. At least someone's happy.

With hurricanes and wildfires becoming more frequent and intense, zoos are facing the staggering task of protecting animals while the world runs amok.

The tech-funded science awards are attempting to bring glory to basic research, but so far they have done little to challenge the status quo.

The city has reduced its trash more than any other American metropolis. But eliminating all garbage, it turns out, is an impractical goal.

Big pools of pig excrement, a byproduct of the state's many hog farms, sit in the path of Hurricane Florence.

China has stopped taking in most of the world’s recycling. Where does it go now?

Can scientists find a way to power our phones, robots, and electric cars without cobalt?

It’s the first robo-fly that doesn’t need to be tethered to a power supply.

It’s the first robo-fly that doesn’t need to be tethered to a power supply.

For some African American police officers, a false positive can leave their careers dangling on a thin strand.