Elizabeth Deatrick

When the lights go out, the cause is often regional: Ice storms in the northeastern United States or hurrican…

Two centuries ago, a series of giant earthquakes rocked the tiny town of New Madrid, Missouri, collapsing chi…

Tiny yet stable magnetized particles created by microbes long ago could help scientists better determine the …

By using hyperspectral imaging, researchers test their ability to find copper in remote areas.

New insights from the 2010 eruption may help volcanologists determine how glaciers shaped ancient lava flows.

Modern oceanographers and ancient navigators rely on similar waves to study the world's oceans.

Throughout the Pacific Northwest, dirt from unpaved roads can clog streams, threatening fish habitats. Scient…

What scientists thought was a sunken Greek city turns out to be the fossils of an ancient hydrocarbon seep fr…

Weather spotters who report storm measurements and observations to a U.S. national compendium of storm data o…

After examining the metal under bombardment by X-rays, scientists find the composition of King Tutankhamun's …

Scientists using lightning sensors to automate air-turbulence detection have found evidence that storms jostl…

Simulations that melded volcano topography, satellite observations, and virtual lava accurately anticipated t…

A new analysis of cloud composition and behavior suggests that scientists have overestimated the ability of a…

The seismologists of the world want to turn you into an earthquake detector.

For more than 40 years the Chinese Crested Tern was believed to be extinct, a victim of rampant egg poaching.…

Deep in the wilderness lurks a fat, foul beast that stinks of manure, barks and caws in gutteral tones, and p…

An unprecedented amount of collaboration among stakeholders-including industry, ranchers, conservationists, s…

Not all sculptures are made of bronze or marble: For his upcoming book Beautiful LEGO: Wild!, Mike Doyle hunt…

How many licks does it take a hummingbird to sate its appetite for nectar? New research shows that thanks to …

Every kid knows that to avoid getting bullied, it helps to not stand out. Apparently woodpeckers know this, t…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week that it would protect the Honduran Emerald, a hummingb…

This spring, the Madison Audubon Society, Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, and Osa Conservation col…

After years of increased protection and habitat restoration, Piping Plovers are finally recovering from near-…