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From a ginormous relative of the garden pillbug to fish with translucent heads, these organisms are adapted to the dark, cold, pressurized environment of the deep sea.

A surprising number of everyday foods and household items can clog your pipes, wear down the disposal, or seep into waterways, causing more significant problems.

Wondering when the autumn leaves will put on their yearly show? This interactive foliage map helps you follow peak colors from September through November.

Resist the urge to tuck in your sheets and blankets after getting out of bed. They might be harboring some unwanted guests.

Long-distance bird migration is one of the natural world’s most inspiring phenomena—and how we learned about it is just as fascinating.

Where does your state‘s air quality rank?

A fishing group thought they caught a giant goldfish. What they hooked was actually much weirder.

Learn about Bootanomyia dorsalis, the tiny but troublesome parasitic wasp invading the U.S.

LawnStarter ranked 303 American cities against 20 factors grouped into four categories. How did your city (or the one nearest you) fare?

Early birds are starting to sing even earlier because of artificial light pollution—but it’s not clear if they’re actually losing sleep.

A new study shows that reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone sparked a massive comeback for aspen saplings.

A shocking discovery was made at a nuclear facility: wasp nests contaminated with radiation.

A hammerhead spends a lot of time and energy trying to binge-eat other big sharks. Here's why it pays off.

Hoping to escape the threat of wildfires? You might want to move to one of these small and relatively cold states (but not New Jersey).

Time Out surveyed 18,500 people around the world to find the greenest cities—here’s who topped the list.

EDDMapS’s database has more than 9 million records of invasive species. See which ones hit close to home.

They haven’t been mandated by the EPA since 2012, but California has kept them around.

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Firefly populations have been declining, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel for the glowing bugs.

Here‘s one quick and easy way to get rid of spotted lanternflies when you don’t feel like stomping on them (and a few other methods, too).

Some swear by this summertime hack, and it does work. Unfortunately, though, the “bucket of doom” won’t solve all your mosquito woes this summer—here’s why.