Dust bathing among birds and mammals is done to deter parasites, regulate body heat, and remove excess skin debris and oils.

The largest dark sky sanctuary in the world is 2.4 million acres of volcanic landscape, deserts, and mountains. Learn how to plan your trip.

Appropriately for us in the Delaware Valley right now, Henion begins with fireflies, but not just any fireflies. She takes us ...

Perseids and Southern Delta Aquariids will streak across Georgia skies this month. Here’s how to catch the best views.

On the night of July 15, a striking conjunction of the moon, Saturn, and Neptune will unfold in the eastern sky, offering ...

For nearly a century, scientists around the world have been searching for dark matter—an invisible substance believed to make ...

Why limit your pollinator garden to bees and butterflies? This night-blooming flower attracts nocturnal pollinators like moths and has a gorgeous scent.

Dark matter is one of nature's most confounding mysteries. It keeps particle physicists up at night and cosmologists glued to ...

Nearby, a red-rumped agouti — a South American rodent that looks like a large, long-legged guinea pig — scuttled behind a tree trunk. A few feet away, an Arabian sand cat put its paw inside a log to ...

Astrotourism is coming to Canada, thanks to an ambitious plan for a chain of six dark-sky sites along 100 miles of the ...

Enjoy the magic of Blue Spring State Park after dark with a guided full moon hike. Learn what to expect, what to bring, and ...

When we disrupt the natural cycle of light and dark, wildlife can suffer. Migratory birds are thrown off course. Nocturnal ...