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Entomologist Richard Zack of Washington State University fields lots of “What the heck is this?” inquiries from the public about weird-looking insects in our region. But the Jerusalem cricket tops the list.

The biggest piece of the puzzle to send humans on a trip around the moon for the first time in more than half a century is on its way to Kennedy Space Center.

On Wednesday at 4:12 a.m., Nicole Reilly’s Ring camera captured an unexpected feline wandering her yard.

For 9-year-old Metta Olson, watching a shark dissection at the Mobius Discovery Center each summer is becoming a tradition.

Durrell Kapan propped himself on his elbows to inspect a shrubby plant. He searched for a sign that a pioneering experiment to restore something missing from the coastal dunes in San Francisco was working.

Satellites can now track ocean garbage from space, marking a potential “game changer” for tracking the vexing problem of marine litter, new research suggests.

Alzheimer’s patients can temporarily lessen their symptoms with a recent FDA-approved drug that removes amyloid, or protein, plaques in the brain.

Key Largo has a new, disturbing and first-of-its-kind graveyard. There are no headstones, no burial markers, no names, no bodies. It’s the last place an incredibly rare species of tree called the Key Largo tree was seen alive, back in 2023. The killer? All the clues point to climate change.

The weather, politics and artificial organs may not seem to have much in common, but researchers at an international applied mathematics convention happening in Spokane would disagree.

A 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth was impeccably freeze-dried by nature, its swatches of fur remaining intact – remarkably enough – and allowing a global team of scientists to reconstruct the creature’s three-dimensional genome for the first time.

In 1960, Freeman Dyson hypothesized alien megastructures capable of harnessing a star's energy. 60 years later, have scientists finally proved its existence?

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke with media for the first time since arriving at the International Space Station on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner last month as they await more tests on the vehicle that suffered thruster and leak issues after launch.

Brown-headed cowbirds are hard to love. They aren’t pretty or melodious. And worst of all, they’re deadbeat parents, tricking other birds into rearing their young.

As Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin prepares for the first launch of its New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral this year, the company has taken time to voice concerns over future launches of competitor SpaceX’s massive Starship and Super Heavy, also planning to launch from the Space Coast.

Bobcats are everywhere and nowhere. They saunter across backyards, cul-de-sacs and golf courses and sit atop fences. Even in the Spokane area. And yet, we rarely see them.

A new chapter in the history of nuclear power in Central Washington is being written.

SpaceX got back to a quick pace between launches with another Starlink mission from the Space Coast on Thursday using its fleet-leading booster for a record flight. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 of its Starlink satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 7:14 a.m. The first-stage booster for the flight made its record-breaking 22nd trip off the ...

KYOTO, Japan – In Japanese rivers, if you’re very lucky, you might find unusual amphibians that grow up to 5 feet long and look like strange cartoon dinosaurs. They are giant salamanders.