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Once widespread in Japan, the colorful birds went from being fairly commonplace in the country to being on the verge of extinction.

The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research.

Thousands of mysterious containers lie scattered across northern Laos. These "death jars" may have provided a form of communal interment, archaeologists reported.

Severe, hard-to-control blazes in densely populated areas like Los Angeles drove the year's record losses.

The second full moon of May will look smaller and dimmer than usual.

Despite widespread support in polls, the number of people who actually go through with the practice remains very small.

Clinical trials in China are getting attention at an international oncology gathering in Chicago. China's surging biotechnology industry is fueling alarm that U.S. dominance in the field is waning.

Jeff Bezos was gaining ground on Elon Musk's SpaceX and Starlink. Thursday's rocket explosion on a launchpad creates a major setback.

A PAC representing wind and solar energy interests spent $1.1 million to boost the Republican primary opponent of Chip Roy, an opponent of renewables. Now they are trying to save a Republican ally in Iowa.

A huge noise rattled part of the state on Thursday. Multiple theories have been put forward, but the mystery remains.