A mini pumpkin toadlet sounds like a confection from the magical world of “Harry Potter,” but it’s actually a miniaturized frog with a bright orange hue that’s roughly the size of a Skittle. In total, ...

In the Amazon’s Putumayo basin of Colombia, a new species of fish was discovered swimming among submerged roots in a shallow forest stream. That fish, which is roughly the size of the average pinky ...

As electrification infrastructure expands across Europe, Austria encountered a problem: the general public is not fond of how the new pylons — which resemble traditional power lines — look. So, the ...

As an estimated 1.4 million federal workers enter a third week either furloughed or working without pay, private nonprofits continue to show up in support of those impacted by the government shutdown.

With sea turtles at risk of extinction — and entanglement in fishing gear a primary threat, along with climate change and habitat loss — conservation efforts have been put in place to reduce their ...

Amid potent political divides and efforts by the Trump administration to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs across the federal government, education system, and private sector, a new ...

When Texan high schoolers Samuel Skotnikov, Changyoung Kim, and Eeshaan Prashanth found out that their friend Aiden’s prosthetic leg was uncomfortable and difficult to use, they decided to make him a ...

LGBTQ+ and ally shoppers need not look far back into the catalogs of Pride Months past to see an endless slew of cringe-worthy, corporate slop marketed as queer-affirming merch. In recent years, major ...

When leadership at Harrison School District 2 in Colorado Springs, Colorado toured a tiny home village for young people in poverty created by local nonprofit We Fortify, they left feeling inspired.

The average pediatric wheelchair can cost thousands of dollars. And when children grow and their needs evolve — or a wheelchair gets damaged — those costs multiply. So, the team at MakeGood NOLA, a ...

Golf does not have a reputation for being particularly eco-friendly. With water-guzzling greens, deforestation to construct courses, and the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, it can be hard ...

Juneteenth — a portmanteau of “June” and “nineteenth” — marks an historic day in American history. On this day in 1865, in Galveston, Texas, the last enslaved individuals in the U.S. finally heard the ...