The sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis is widely known as a shark story—but the truth is much more horrifying.

Scientists say a new epicenter is forming for the deadliest storm zone in the U.S. Here’s where people are now most at risk ...

DNA analysis is considered the gold standard for identifying victims of mass fatalities. But how does it work?

The five-part series from filmmaker Ryan Coogler's Proximity Media unpacks the events that took when the levee system failed ...

CHICAGO—Cheryl Johnson was watching the news during the worst heat wave in her city’s history when she learned that a man she’d known since she was a child had been found dead on the steps of a church ...

Flood events are bigger and more frequent. Governments can’t change the weather, but they can invest in infrastructure that ...

Tropical cyclones typically drop large amounts of rain along and near the storm's path. The slower and more significant the ...

It was also the new way Universal chose to market it, with the company making the most of the delay to promote the film as the perfect summer movie. And with its success, Jaws 50 years ago birthed ...

At least 27 campers and counselors were killed at Camp Mystic during the devastating Texas floods. Some are still missing.

A growing body of research shows the cascading health impacts of wildfire smoke, from cognitive decline to heart issues.

In the wake of massive funding cuts to the NIH, USAID, and other scientific institutions, researchers are sharing “the things ...