Eric Niiler

Researchers filtered the air around two zoos and identified genetic material from dozens of species, a technique that could help track and conserve wildlife.

A new study modeling storm behavior under a warmer climate finds Boston and Norfolk will face higher risk from floods as they crawl along the East Coast.

Europe is betting big on wood to replace coal, but the industry is taking heat for stoking carbon emissions and air pollution.

Global warming is making it harder to predict the movement and location of the ice cover, crucial information for fishing and global shipping.

A first commercial test flight shows how fuel made from plants, not petroleum, could make flying cleaner.

Following an antique manuscript, researchers mixed up (and then blew up) some early formulations to learn how explosive-making has evolved.

Utilities have upgraded the infrastructure for rooftop power in richer neighborhoods, but low-income areas don't have the same capacity.

A research chemist mixed nitrogen, methane, and other molecules to re-create the conditions that might harbor life on one of Saturn’s moons.

NASA is trying out sonic waves, electrostatic devices, and extra-slick coatings as ways to repel pesky space dirt.

A new formula measures the “mortality cost of carbon” and how much would have to be removed from the atmosphere to save a single life.

An extraordinary drought in the West, plus dry lakes and reservoirs, mean there will be less water for farms, hydroelectric energy, and home users.

New federal guidelines ask scientists to wear protective gear to keep the virus from jumping back into animal species.

Today's commercial spacecraft have a safety advantage, thanks to simpler designs and suborbital missions. But with rockets, nothing is certain.

Future crews on the Red Planet will need it to make propellant for the trip home. Scientists are also testing whether oxygen can be extracted from lunar soil.

Researchers only get a chance to study Brood X every 17 years. WIRED came for the ride—and got up close to thousands of hatching cicadas.

A new study shows that climate-driven sea level rise made the damage from Superstorm Sandy $8 billion worse around New York City.

Scientists crunched 20 years’ worth of satellite data to estimate the melt rate across the planet, and the news isn’t good.

The six-month mission is another step toward a moonshot, as SpaceX's Elon Musk says he will land Starship on the lunar surface by 2024.

Mining companies and marine scientists want to know whether harvesting blobs of useful materials from the seafloor harms ocean life.

Junk satellites can pose risks to other objects in Earth’s orbit. Startups are testing out ways to tidy up, from magnets to robotic tentacles.