The agency replied two months later, saying it had “competing priorities,” officials from a coalition of Western states said.

President Trump and Vice President JD Vance have dangled FEMA money to disaster-struck states during recent campaign rallies.

After years of bipartisan effort, the former Chiricahua National Monument, in southeast Arizona, has become the United States’ 64th national park.

As several states report surges in animal cases, federal officials are warning about an apparent increase in human exposures.

Spurred on by the Trump administration’s embrace of psychedelic medicine, researchers are experimenting with new — and not so new — forms of the anesthetic.

It’s a fall favorite among stargazers, known for bright, speedy streaks that can sometimes linger in the sky for minutes.

Some monkeys become significantly more cautious about food sources that appear contaminated after experiencing deadly outbreaks of disease.

Elon Musk’s rocket company said its artificial intelligence spending had soared, but revenue more than doubled from its Starlink internet satellite service and A.I. products.

Certain viruses attack bacteria and can sometimes clear antibiotic-resistant infections. Researchers said they had tailored a virus to attack one patient’s illness.

Our genes evolved to fight ancient threats, but in the modern world, some of those changes may be turning against us.

Although Kosmos 2612 is now backing away, the maneuver raised alarm bells for analysts who see it as part of a pattern of Russian aggression.

The mission, which launched on Monday, is headed to Phobos, the larger of the two moons of Mars. It could carry back the first samples from the Martian system.

The dire projections come from the state’s Climate Change Assessment, which analyzes the impacts of changing weather patterns on the nation’s most-populous state.

Trees are suffering one devastating epidemic after another, unleashed by insects and bacteria that enter the country because of global trade.

Where did it start? How did it grow complex? Why did it get big? Three moments in Earth’s early history when evolution suddenly, inexplicably turned up the dial.

A satellite image sent researchers to a remote Pacific atoll, but their findings brought no resolution to the decades-old search. Here’s what to know.

Experts are reaching consensus on what the condition is. Now they’re debating how best to treat it.

Helen Branswell recognized the threat of the pandemic ahead of the vast majority of journalists and even medical experts. She was 69.

At Sotheby’s, a feast of rare science books includes volumes from Copernicus, Galileo and Newton that together revolutionized human understanding of the cosmos.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, will dismantle the Large Hadron Collider, which helped discover the so-called God Particle, in order to build a more powerful particle accelerator.