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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, vehicles carrying a pair of giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, leave the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, southwestern China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026.(Xu Bingjie/Xinhua via AP)

2 giant pandas set off to Atlanta zoo from China after Xi-Trump summit

12:39 AM on Sunday, September 27

Two giant pandas have departed Chengdu in southwestern China for their new homes in Atlanta as part of an agreement between the Chinese and American governments

This undated image released by Katalyst Space Technologies on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026 shows Link, a three-armed robotic spacecraft, while in orbit around Earth. (Katalyst Space Technologies via AP)

Private spacecraft falls back to Earth after failing to rescue aging NASA telescope

9:35 AM on Friday, September 25

The robotic spacecraft that failed to rescue an aging NASA telescope has plunged back to Earth less than three months after launching on the bold mission

An overlooked era of cosmology is stealing the show in the quest to understand the cosmos

8:41 AM on Friday, September 25

This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Polo off the southwestern coast of Mexico and Hurricane Odalys, left, on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (NOAA via AP) CORRECTION: Changes to Hurricane Odalys, not Tropical Storm Nolo.

It's been an intense hurricane season in the Pacific and there's still a long way to go

7:16 PM on Thursday, September 24

The hurricane season in the Pacific Ocean already has been very active, thanks to the El Nino weather phenomenon

Bolivia's new wild cat, arts protests and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean

3:16 PM on Thursday, September 24

China's President Xi Jinping watches as he meets with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Xi says 2 giant pandas from China will arrive at Atlanta's zoo in the coming days

12:04 PM on Thursday, September 24

Chinese President Xi Jinping says two giant pandas from China will arrive at Zoo Atlanta in the coming days

FDA panel endorses first-of-a-kind cancer blood test from Grail

9:22 AM on Wednesday, September 23

A federal health panel has endorsed an experimental cancer test that uses a blood sample to detect multiple forms of the disease

Finding homes for whales and dolphins when parks like Marineland Canada close isn’t easy – a biologist explains why sea sanctuaries aren’t the answer

8:43 AM on Wednesday, September 23

A protective fence surrounds a sea turtle nesting site on the beach in Huntington Beach, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Agency says sea turtle eggs laid on California beaches are a first for the US West Coast

4:50 PM on Tuesday, September 22

There's excitement on the beaches of Southern California

This photo provided by Shedd Aquarium shows a beluga whale named Osiris at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Aug. 20, 2026. (Rachel Mittelstaedt/Shedd Aquarium via AP)

Another beluga whale dies at Chicago aquarium after rescue mission from Canada park

3:27 PM on Tuesday, September 22

Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium announced a third whale has died that was rehomed to the facility as part of an international effort to rescue Canada's last captive whales

FILE - The sun shines on golden aspens, Sept. 22, 2021, on the first day of fall, in Eagle County, Colo. (Chris Dillmann/Vail Daily via AP, File)

Day and night get equal billing on Tuesday. A guide to the fall equinox

10:38 AM on Tuesday, September 22

The fall equinox is Tuesday, when light and darkness split the day evenly

FILE - SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lifts off for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Judge won't block Trump administration from giving SpaceX acres of wildlife refuge in land swap

7:07 PM on Monday, September 21

A federal judge has refused to block the Trump administration from giving SpaceX more than 700 acres of wildlife refuge as part of a land swap in Texas

A California frog is on the brink of extinction. Long Beach’s aquarium has a plan to save it

1:48 PM on Monday, September 21

Biologists at the Aquarium of the Pacific are working to revive the mountain yellow-legged frog population

FILE - Lions walk in the Ngorongoro Crater in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, west of Arusha, northern Tanzania, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)

Poisoning suspected in deaths of 10 lions in Tanzania conservation area

5:17 AM on Monday, September 21

Authorities in northern Tanzania suspect poison may have caused the deaths of 10 lions inside a protected conservation area and UNESCO World Heritage site

A small spotted wild cat identified as a new species, Leopardus tilcayo, walks inside Senda Verde wildlife sanctuary in Bolivia's Yungas region, near Coroico, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Tiny wild cat newly identified as a species draws curious visitors in Bolivia

11:13 PM on Sunday, September 20

A tiny wild cat newly identified as a species in Bolivia has become an unlikely tourist attraction

FILE - Soldiers look at a world map as they wait to board a flight in Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on the way home after completing a deployment in Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/David Goldman, file)

This truth emerges as political situations change fast: Maps show us our world, but not neutrally

8:29 AM on Sunday, September 20

Maps can anchor us in a place or help us get somewhere else

This image taken from video shows a humpback whale swimming in the Sacramento River on Sept. 16, 2026, near Rio Vista, Calif. (Denny Glover via AP)

A humpback whale was spotted in a California river, 60 miles from its Pacific Ocean home

5:57 PM on Friday, September 18

An adult humpback whale has been spotted in California's largest river

Meet Earth’s newest wild cat species, the first named in over a century

2:30 PM on Friday, September 18

A small, spotted cat at a Bolivian wildlife sanctuary has turned out to belong to a previously unknown species

Ashish Rajurkar, a research scientist at the Salk Institute, digs out root samples from genetically-engineered soybeans Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, at a research field in Urbana, Ill. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Scientists hope deeper-rooted soybeans can withstand climate extremes and store more carbon

9:01 AM on Friday, September 18

For years, scientists have explored ways to remove carbon from the atmosphere, including through direct air capture, changes to ocean chemistry so seawater can absorb more carbon and reforestation

Shenzhen Jewellok Technology Unveils Integrated Laboratory Gas Pipeline And Gas Scrubber Systems

7:53 AM on Friday, September 18

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