Your gut microbes might be yearning for their outdoor counterparts—and telling your brain to go find them.

ENVIRONMENT
The searing heat comes close to the 134 degrees recorded in Death Valley in 1913. But with that temperature called into question, Sunday's measurement may be the hottest ever.
Fear not: the chances of “The Big One” hitting while you read this article are very, very slim. But that doesn't mean you should let your guard down.
A five-year trial has proven the beaver families on England's Otter River are not harmful to the local ecosystem—they actually benefit it.
Honey from hives downwind from the Notre-Dame fire contained 3.5 times as much lead as Parisian honey collected before April 2019.
A murder hornet’s stinger can do some serious damage to humans, but what its pincers do to bees is arguably worse.
Svalbard, Norway—where 1 million of the world's seed samples are held in a high-security facility—experienced record temperatures in July 2020.
A Burger King ad spot, which features child yodeler Mason Ramsey insisting cow farts are responsible for methane emissions, has been criticized for taking a flippant approach to global warming.
Aggressive honey bees (not to be confused with murder hornets) have invaded Joshua Tree National Park.
The state has expanded its trash pick-up services to accommodate the new policy, but many residents are already composting pros.
‘Lost on Everest’ chronicles a mission to find one of Mount Everest’s first missing bodies, while ‘Expedition Everest’ studies climate change on the mountain.
A “heat dome” is partially to blame, but climate change has been causing alarmingly high temperatures in Siberia for months.
The last time a bald eagle nest with eggs was recorded on Cape Cod in Massachusets was more than a century ago.
From May 31 to June 5, follow along as Black Birders Week highlights the experiences and expertise of Black scientists and naturalists.
You don't need to climb mountains to find nature. Get to know your local animals with these 10 tips for backyard wildlife watching.
There are roughly 1.5 million cicadas in Brood IX, and in the summer of 2020 they will make their first appearance in 17 years.
When it breaks down, poop from king penguins releases nitrous oxide—a gas that affects both the environment and the scientists who study it.
Georgia needs your help to prevent the Argentine black and white tegu from becoming a devastating invasive species.
If they have no one to hug in quarantine, Icelanders are being urged to find the nearest tree and hug it for at least five minutes a day.
These animal documentaries will take you on a cinematic journey around the globe, from the depths of the ocean to the skies above.
LEGO bricks have always been durable, but new research in the UK indicates they might actually be able to survive the harshest of conditions.
When a serious crime occurs in a national park, rangers don't call local law enforcement or the FBI. They call the ISB, a little-known team of investigators responsible for 85 million acres of public land.
Animal crossings, also known as animal bridges or wildlife overpasses, protect animals from traffic and promote genetic diversity.
As part of its zero-waste initiative, the Cincinnati Zoo is turning all the poop produced by its animals into fertilizer—including Fiona the hippo.