The Dracula parrot looks like a bird designed for a vampire movie. It has jet-black plumage, striking red wing panels and belly feathers, a hooked beak and bare black facial skin that resembles a vulture’s.
Summer and snow usually don’t belong in the same sentence. But parts of the northern Rocky Mountains recently found themselves under winter storm warnings despite the calendar reading late June and early July, with forecasters warning of heavy, wet snow…
For decades, one stretch of coastline stood apart from the rest of the Northern Hemisphere: the Atlantic coast of the Northeast U.S. had somehow escaped an invasion by Manila clams.
Hurricane Genevieve has rapidly strengthened into one of the most powerful storms of the 2026 hurricane season, becoming the first Category 5 hurricane in the Eastern Pacific in two years. Fortunately, forecasters say the storm is expected to remain well…