This Christmas Bird Count, we salute the fabulous, underappreciated, common species. Here's to you, house sparrow.

From fish to Phish, Science Friday has had a big year. Our staff chose their favorite stories and projects from 2025.

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A boom in construction of AI data centers is facing backlash over soaring electricity and water usage, and the resulting ...

Indigenous and Western scientists are working together to uncover biodiversity in the icy deep. They’re getting some eight-armed help. An Pacific warty octopus mom fights off multiple crabs to protect ...

Over the past century, most cancer research has focused on the tumor itself. Rakesh Jain focused on the tumor's environment ...

When cases of plague pop up in the US, it can feel straight up medieval. It's treatable, but how and why does it persist?

To save spotted owls in the Pacific Northwest, one plan suggests killing thousands of barred owls. Conservationists and ...

The band Phish has toured for over 40 years. One of the draws of their legendary live shows—which can go on for 8 hours—is finding moments of “flow,” when the band members lock into an improvised jam, ...

The nature documentary series uses new research and photorealistic CGI to bring the huge, bizarre animals of the Ice Age back ...

Across their 10,000 species, sea slugs sport striking colors, external gills, and even the ability to regrow a body from a severed head.