Sequoia National Park to restore access to the Giant Forest

The public will be able to visit the Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park starting this weekend following repair of storm damage to the Generals Highway.

Watch NASA launch 2 small rockets from Virginia's Wallops Flight Facility

The launch is currently scheduled for Friday, Feb. 10 and the two Improved-Orion suborbital sounding rockets will be sent beyond the stratosphere between 8-10 a.m. EST.

36M trees died in California last year

An estimated 36.3 million trees died across California in 2022, according to a new report from the U.S. Forest Service.

Heard of ChatGPT? Google just unveiled Bard, a rival to the popular AI chatbot

Google’s chatbot is supposed to be able to explain complex subjects such as outer space discoveries in terms simple enough for a child to understand.

Birds flock in mesmerizing swarm
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No, this isn't a cloud if you can believe it! Hundreds, sometimes thousands of birds, were spotted flying the same exact pattern. Scientists still don't know what exactly causes it.

Watch: Magnetic, ‘soft’ robot can go from solid to liquid, escape cage

Video of the robot shows it transform from a solid, robot-looking object in a cage to what appears as a liquid seeping through the cage bars.

Memphis Zoo says giant panda Le Le has died

His cause of death has yet to be determined as a medical investigation is pending, the zoo said.

Watch: Venomous snake pops out of hole, surprising golfers

The venomous red-bellied black snake "stayed and watched a couple of groups come through" before seeing himself out.

Here's when to watch for February's full snow moon

If skies are clear this weekend, the last full moon of meteorological winter will light up the night sky.

Hawaii whale dies with stomach full of fishing nets, plastic bags

Over 35 million tons of plastic pollution is produced on Earth each year, and about a fourth of that ends up in the water, scientists say.

Western monarch butterfly population suffers due to atmospheric river storms

After the highest initial count in two decades around Thanksgiving, atmospheric river-fueled storms led to the loss of the iconic western monarch butterflies.

'Bear' on Mars captures internet's imagination

Is it a bear? A "doge"? The internet has mixed opinions about an image from NASA showing an animal's face on Mars.

Green comet sighting: Here's when to see this celestial view unlikely to return for millions of years

This celestial sighting is a bit like space-speed dating. Astronomers only just learned of Comet C/2022 E3's existence, and it will be gone before we know it. Learn how it was discovered and why a naked-eye comet is rare.

NASA: Asteroid will miss but come close to Earth

NASA said Wednesday that this newly discovered asteroid will zoom 2,200 miles above the southern tip of South America.