Earlier this week, a photo of a large transgender pride flag hanging atop the famous face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park made the rounds. Reports shared that the 55-by-35-foot flag was hung ...

Every year, an estimated 1 billion birds die in building collisions in the United States. Birds are also vulnerable to becoming injured in urban environments, getting their delicate legs stuck in ...

Last summer, a gaggle of Oregon State University students mingled with bee-loving locals as they attended classes at a “mini bee school” in the Dufferin Park Wetlands of Kamloops, British Columbia.

South African entrepreneur Phumla Makhoba is on a mission to solve the “global south housing crisis.” And she’s doing it by using clothing waste. Her invention, Texiboard, is a material that combines ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. In December 2022, Matthew Boyer hopped on an Argentine military plane to one of the more remote habitations on ...

While many know Miami, Florida for its bustling nightlife and vibrant displays of art and culture, its beaches are also home to a similarly colorful ecosystem under the sea. Just a couple hundred feet ...

A group of undergraduate engineering students at Rice University — Adam Vuong, Cristiana De Sousa, Issy Tai, and Santiago Brent — aren’t just classmates. They’re Kunde’s Friends. Kunde is a Houston ...

In March of this year, comedian and actress Hannah Einbinder accepted the Visibility Award from the Human Rights Campaign for expanding LGBTQ+ representation on-screen through her role in HBO’s “Hacks ...

Writer Isabel Klee is no stranger to the triumphs and challenges of fostering rescue dogs. As a dog-centric content creator who shares heartfelt stories and vlogs with her own dog, Simon, she has ...

As a hot summer approaches and experts continue to figure out the most affordable and environmentally-friendly ways to cool buildings, German researchers have invented a new facade to automatically ...

According to a new survey by Road Scholar — a nonprofit that provides travel and education services to seniors — 94% of older adults who “age adventurously” report higher levels of happiness, with ...

In 2023, Evan Koch — a postdoctoral researcher at the National Museum of the Czech Republic — led a team through the Juruá River basin forests of Brazil on an expedition. In their travels, they ...