Pesticides, habitat loss, and light pollution are threatening firefly populations worldwide, but even in urban areas, some ...

Arches National Park has the greatest concentration of natural formations in the United States. It’s just one of many exceptional sites administered by the National Park Service.

1. Evaluate United States contributions to global ocean plastic waste, including types, sources and geographic variations. a. compare to global estimates of plastic waste entering the ocean b. assess ...

Historically a bridge between the United States and Asia, Incheon Airport is responding to the shifting sands of global trade ...

With warming temperatures and the western United States long mired in what has been dubbed a “megadrought,” worries about the fate of desert rivers in the region are growing.

Pacific's future, Australia's prime minister is championing sovereignty in an uncertain age For much of its history, ...

News and articles about the United States, including commentary and archival content published by The New York Times.

Downtown Chicago doubled as an arena Thursday for a series of afternoon lacrosse games along the Chicago River. The catch?

The Comanche National Grassland rewards visitors with the chance to follow dinosaur tracks and feel the spine-tingling thrill ...

The majority of men, 65%, said the U.S. was the best or better than most countries at scientific innovation. Just 39% of ...

One of history’s dark jokes is that the Roman Empire, for all its vaunted accomplishments, only made a single great ...

There’s so much to love about our national parks! That’s why we’ve put together a national parks checklist and map you can use to keep track of the ones you’ve visited and make plans to see the ones ...