A high school teacher and freelance nature photographer captured flowing water returning to a dry creek bed in Arizona ...

Experts warn of an increased tick presence in Northern California this summer due to a rainy winter, and provide tips to avoid tick bites. Yosemite National Park's firefall, a natural phenomenon where ...

14 Times That Utah’s Landscape Could Have Been Featured in the Movie Frozen Utah's wintry landscape is downright stunning. Many places in Utah look like they could be right out of the Disney movie ...

Nature has a way of surprising us with phenomena so surreal that they seem straight out of a sci-fi movie or a fantasy novel. From glowing waters and rainbow-colored mountains to thunderstorms that ...

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In recent years, U.S. beaches have witnessed an unprecedented natural phenomenon: jellyfish swarms of a magnitude seldom seen before. These ethereal creatures, often admired for their delicate beauty, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

An art project called the Goodbye Line prompts passersby to make a collect call and say goodbye — to a loved one, a pet or maybe a part of themselves. People are dialing.

This gorgeous phenomenon is so breathtaking, even those who see it in person struggle to believe their own eyes. But have you ever thought about what the northern lights look like in places besides ...

Every day, an odd phenomenon occurred somewhere, offering a priceless natural experiment. But researchers worried they were missing most of them. Vagn Flyger, the University of Maryland zoologist ...