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12/31/2025

CDC data shows 81,000 hospitalizations and 3,100 deaths this season so far.

12/30/2025

In fact, 15% of all known species have been discovered within the last 20 years, according to the findings published in the journal Science Advances.

New species are being discovered at a faster rate than ever—more than 16,000 every year—and the trend shows no sign of slowing.

12/28/2025

Social media platforms with infinite scrolling, auto-play and algorithmic feeds will be required to display warning labels about their potential harm to young users’ mental health under a new law, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Friday.

12/27/2025

When I became serious about birding in the 1990s, I wasn’t thinking about milestone birds. Then they started creeping up. The first biggie was No. 500, a Varied Thrush in Evanston. And before that, ...

12/26/2025

12/26/2025

Indigo buntings- one of my favorites.

12/25/2025

A breeding pair of endangered takahē birds in New Zealand were found to be rearing a chick, having previously been thought of as infertile.

12/25/2025

About 100,000 vehicles travel in the remote area each day, the Colorado Department of Transportation said.

12/23/2025

More than 1.6 million immigrants have lost their LEGAL status in the first 11 months of President Trump's presidency.

The staggering number includes people who applied for and were accepted to come to the country on a wide variety of immigration parole, visa, asylum and temporary protected status programs.

That number exceeds Philadelphia's entire population.

This is the largest effort to take away deportation protections for migrants who are in the country legally. Immigration advocates say it's very likely an undercount.

"These were legal pathways. People did the thing the government asked them to do, and this government went and preemptively revoked that status," said Todd Schulte, president of FWD.us, an immigration advocacy organization that has been tracking the efforts to delegalize immigrants.

The 1.6 million number marks the largest-ever effort to strip permissions for immigrants who attempted to migrate to the country through legal means, advocates say.

12/23/2025

More than 40 cities across 12 states are poised to reach their warmest Christmas on record this Thursday.

12/23/2025

A very old jaguar and her senior son are being welcomed to a specially-made retirement home in the UK’s Chester Zoo.