See the moments Moss Landing battery plant fire erupts ...

The fire at the former power plant on Cabrillo Highway started at around 3 p.m. Crews are at the scene battling the blaze. No injuries have been reported, according to a Monterey County sheriff's ...

creating new conditions for vascular plants, some of which may be invasive. Researchers warn that this rapid greening poses challenges. "New species could be introduced and spread in Antarctica ...

Antarctic moss to observe cosmic radiation and microgravity on plants, a device to test cold welding of metals in microgravity, and an investigation that studies how space impacts different materials.

Most of us learned about nature and animals in school. But as we step outside the four walls of those classrooms, we realize ...

Carnivorous plants flip the rules of the food chain by trapping insects and small animals to extract valuable nutrients that ...

Reading up on Antarctica's natural history and golden age of exploration can make your trip more entertaining and educational ...

A portion of the world's iciest, coldest continent is "greening" at a dramatic rate because of global warming, scientists announced in a recent study. In fact, the research showed that vegetation ...

You could take 1000 photos and never capture a similar shape – something that won’t happen with Antarctic plants. Only two vascular plants grow there, and sparsely. So, if botany is your thing ...

From 2005 to 2010, the PMEL researchers took their acoustic survey to the area around the Drake Passage, between the tip of South America and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, and to the ...

The Ann Arbor couple were among 130 guests who sailed the Drake Passage to Antarctica, visiting otherworldly landscapes mostly inhabited by seals and penguins, before flying back to South America ...