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Anyone who dismisses ants as just another pesky insect is missing some of nature's most ingenious creatures.

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has a new exhibit tracing the animal's importance in American history.

The volcanologist on the island of Vanuatu who walks barefoot over cooled lava fields tells NPR's Don Gonyea how to see nature at its most primeval.

From watching the sun rise — yeah, it's a cliche but it works! — to dancing to techno music to doing good for others to just plain smiling, readers share what gives them optimism in times of trouble.

Every miner will be placed inside a capsule, which will be lifted up a shaft to the surface -- a journey that lasts 15 minutes each way.

Trump wasn't focused on climate or the environment. Biden's looking to make a change.

Crews had already removed thousands of tons of fuel oil from the ship to stave off further harm to the environment. Still, scientists say it's the worst ecological disaster in the country's history.

The state attorney general's office corroborated multiple sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The report also said that the Cuomo administration was a "hostile work environment."

Fireworks, folk songs and marching bands are just a few of the disparate elements that Charles Ives dropped into his evocative — and explosive — musical portrait of the national holiday. The festivities end as the town hall goes up in flames.

Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN the magazine previews the college football championship, then turns to hockey.