The activity of herring around Vancouver Island in British Columbia brightened coastal waters enough to be detectable from space.
Back-to-back subtropical cyclones in March fueled destructive flash flooding on several of the Hawaiian Islands.
Plains around the San Andreas Fault and across Carrizo Plain National Monument are awash with yellow as wildflowers bloom.
Episode 43 of the Hawaiian volcano’s current eruption was marked by high lava fountains and widespread ash dispersal.
Lake Unter-See in Antarctica, sealed beneath thick ice, contains unusually high levels of dissolved oxygen and cone-shaped microbial reefs resembling some of Earth’s oldest fossils.
About 2,900 Olympic athletes have converged on northern Italy to sort out who is the GOAT—or perhaps the stoat.
From autumn color to a winter-white finish, forested areas around Blacksburg trade foliage for snow over the span of two months.
The colorful formations found in this bowl-shaped escarpment in southwestern Utah are the centerpiece of Cedar Breaks National Monument.