One of the rarest species of whale in the world has increased slightly in population, encouraging conservationists and leading to a new call to protect the giant animals.

Tropical Storm Oscar has disintegrated as it heads toward the Bahamas after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane, killing at least seven people.

For more than 10,000 years, Native Americans have been living along California’s central coast.

NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center reports there is a 60% chance that a weak La Nina will develop this autumn and could last until March.

Monstrous hurricanes Helene and Milton caused so much complex havoc that damages are still being added up, but experts in economics, insurance and risk say they are likely to be in the pantheon of super-costly $50 billion disasters.

Space weather experts say expect to see more northern lights in unusual places as the sun continues to sizzle.

The latest solar storm has triggered northern lights farther south than normal including into parts of Germany, the United Kingdom, New England and New York City.

Peter Dodge flew hundreds of missions into hurricanes as a radar specialist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Space weather forecasters say a severe solar storm heading to Earth could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with major back-to-back hurricanes.

Is it luck or legend? Locals in Tampa Bay believe their city is protected from direct hurricane hits by a supernatural force.

Here are 17 things to know as Hurricane Milton approaches Florida -- timing of landfall, strength, location, and more.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s elite group of pilots and researchers, known as “Hurricane Hunters,” described flying through the world’s worst weather as “Like riding a roller coaster through a car wash.”

Ferocious Hurricane Milton is charging its way across the Gulf Coast with Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida, in its sights.

The Atlantic hurricane season brings heavy rain, strong wind, storm surge and sometimes catastrophic damage to locations from the Caribbean islands and Central America, all the way up through the United States and into Canada.

Hurricane Milton is projected to bring a monster storm to Florida’s west coast this week.

Here’s how you can see the possible catastrophic impact of Hurricane Milton storm surge.

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Milton is intensifying and will likely be a major hurricane before it slams into the storm-ravaged Florida coast, most likely on Wednesday.

A battalion from the Michigan National Guard based in Montague will be heading to South Carolina to help communities affected by Hurricane Helene.

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Milton has formed in the Gulf of Mexico.

Two tropical cyclones are continuing to move over open water in the Atlantic, but forecasters say neither poses a threat to land.

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Massive Hurricane Helene crashed into Florida’s sparsely populated Big Bend region, bringing storm surge and high winds across the state’s Gulf Coast communities before ripping into southern Georgia.

Hurricane Helene is advancing across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida and threatening a “catastrophic” storm surge in northwestern parts of the state.

Florida residents are already evacuating and filling sandbags days ahead of anticipated flooding from Tropical Storm Helene.

Hurricane John has struck Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with life-threatening flood potential.

Forecasters have issued hurricane watches for parts of Cuba and Mexico as a cluster of storms located south of the Cayman Islands could strengthen in upcoming days as it moves north toward the U.S. The National Hurricane Center says the disturbance may become Hurricane Helene on Wednesday as it approaches the Gulf Coast.

Heavy winds and rains from a storm in the Atlantic that wasn’t quite organized enough to get a name hit a stretch of the southeastern U.S. coast.

The National Hurricane Center says Storm Ileana has weakened to a tropical depression.

A health advisory has been issued after a harmful algal bloom was found in Ford Lake in Ypsilanti.

The National Weather Service says a tropical system in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico was expected to strengthen this week into a tropical storm and dump heavy rains onto Mexico and Texas before reaching the U.S. as a potential hurricane.

Corn sweat is the process by which corn plants release moisture into the air to stay cool, and it brings the Midwest a surge in humidity every summer.

Three tropical cyclones are swirling over the Pacific Ocean, including a tropical storm that blasted Hawaii’s Big Island with heavy rain.

Hone passed south of Hawaii and weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm, dumping so much rain that the National Weather Service called off its red flag warnings that strong winds could lead to wildfires.

Tropical Storm Hone has increased to a Category 1 hurricane while continuing its steady approach toward Hawaii late Saturday.

Tropical Storm Hone is expected to deliver strong winds and heavy rain to Hawaii this weekend as it passes south of the island chain.

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Hone has formed in the central Pacific Ocean.

Hurricane Ernesto has started to pound Bermuda with heavy winds and rain after officials on the tiny British territory in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean opened shelters and closed government offices.

Federal authorities say new efforts to convert some types of commercial fishing to ropeless gear that is safer for rare whales will be supported by millions of dollars in funding.

Hurricane Ernesto has strengthened into a Category 2 storm as it barrels toward Bermuda after leaving hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico without power or water.

Tropical Storm Ernesto is poised to become a hurricane after brushing past Puerto Rico as officials closed schools, opened shelters and moved dozens of the U.S. territory’s endangered parrots into hurricane-proof rooms.

Tropical Storm Ernesto has formed in the Atlantic.

Tropical Storm Debby came ashore in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane and quickly downgraded, but the storm still poses serious threats as it slogs on toward Georgia and South Carolina.

Destructive storms like Hurricane Beryl that knocked out power to 3 million homes and businesses in Texas are growing more frequent and intense, and insurers are jacking up rates in response.

Beryl has grown into a hurricane in the Atlantic and is forecast to strengthen into a major storm as it nears the Caribbean.

Stinging jellyfish, rays with their whip-like tails and sharks on the hunt are some ocean hazards that might typically worry beachgoers.

School officials said harmful algal blooms are increasing due to increased precipitation, more powerful storms and warming Great Lakes waters.

Get ready for what nearly all the experts think will be one of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record thanks to unprecedented ocean heat and a brewing La Nina.

The sun isn't done yet.

A U.S. government agency said a weaker repeat of Saturday's powerful solar storm is likely on Sunday.

An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of color in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere, with no immediate reports of disruptions to power and communications.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs last year, growing at near-record fast paces.

Endangered smalltooth sawfish, marine creatures virtually unchanged for millions of years, are showing erratic behavior, spinning around and dying in unusual numbers in Florida waters.

Federal meteorologists predict that the United States can expect a nice spring break from past too rainy or too dry extremes.

Ice coverage for all the Great Lakes was at historical lows, with the coldest of the lakes — Lake Superior — having just 1% ice coverage as of Tuesday. The historical average is 40%.

Tornado experts say the winter’s record warmth provided the key ingredient for a Midwest outbreak of deadly tornadoes and damaging gorilla hail that hit parts of the Midwest Wednesday and Thursday.

Across much of America and especially in the normally chilly north, the country went through the winter months without, well, winter.

Federal authorities said the second critically endangered North Atlantic right whale found dead in the last month showed injuries consistent with a collision with a ship.

Researchers are finding that record hot seawater killed more than three-quarters of human-cultivated coral that scientists had placed in the Florida Keys in recent years.

Government scientists say a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale has been found dead off the coast of Georgia, marking the rare species' second fatality in the past month.

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The National Hurricane Center will add inland predictions to its forecast of the location and ferocity of tropical storms.

Cooler late-week, but above normal temps continue

If you love cold, snowy winters, don’t get your hopes up in Michigan this upcoming season.

The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal forecasters predicting the North to get warmer than normal and the South wetter and stormier.

If you love cold, snowy winters, don’t get your hopes up in Michigan this upcoming season.

A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the federal government to enact emergency rules to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions with large ships.

Get ready for more opportunities to see the Northern Lights!

Communities along the U.S. East Coast are preparing for the arrival of heavy rain, flooding and high winds from an approaching storm.

Forecasters in Bermuda are warning of dangerous swells and rip currents as Hurricane Nigel spun through open waters in the northern Atlantic.

A top elected Republican in Maine says he's glad to be alive after a giant wave overturned his lobster boat ahead of the remnants of Hurricane Lee.

Authorities in Hawaii have adjusted the number of deaths from the deadly Maui wildfire down to at least 97 people.

Two major offshore wind power projects are taking steps forward in New Jersey.

The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the United States to an annual record for the number of weather disasters that cost at least $1 billion.

Hurricane Lee is charging through warm Atlantic waters and threatening to unleash heavy swells across the northeast Caribbean.

Meteorologists say Hurricane Hilary held a maximum sustained wind speed of 80 mph early Sunday as the storm was 285 miles from San Diego.

Hurricane Hilary is headed toward Mexico’s Baja California and the U.S. National Hurricane Center is predicting “catastrophic and life-threatening flooding” for the peninsula and for the southwestern United States.

Hurricane Hilary has strengthened into a major storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast, and it could bring heavy rain to the southwestern U.S. by the weekend.

The federal government is looking to ban importation and exportation of a species of tropical fish that conservation groups have long said is exploited by the pet trade.

A research vessel motoring off the coast of Alaska is exploring the mounds and craters of the sea floor to surface new knowledge about life in some of the world's deepest and most remote waters.

The head of this year’s U.N. global climate summit is urging more availability of funds to help the Caribbean and other regions fight climate change.

Federal forecasters are doubling chances of a nasty Atlantic hurricane season this summer and fall.

Now that July’s sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin.

The water temperature on the tip of Florida hit hot tub levels, exceeding 100 degrees two days in a row, which meteorologists say could potentially be the hottest seawater ever measured.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says an already warming Earth steamed to its hottest June on record, smashing the old global mark by nearly a quarter of a degree, with global oceans setting temperature records for the third straight month.

Earth’s average temperature set a new unofficial record high on Thursday, the third such milestone in a week that already rated as the hottest on record.

Sweltering heat is blanketing much of the planet, and the past seven days have been the hottest week on record.

The planet’s temperature spiked on Tuesday to its hottest day in at least 44 years and likely much longer.

Tropical Storm Cindy has formed behind Tropical Storm Bret.

Tropical Storm Bret is swirling close to St. Vincent as it begins pushing into the eastern Caribbean, where islands have shut down to prepare for possible torrential downpours, landslides and flooding.

The vessel that went missing Sunday in the North Atlantic while exploring the Titanic’s wreckage is a submersible not a submarine, and there is a key difference.

Tropical Storm Bret is growing stronger as it takes aim at islands in the eastern Caribbean that are bracing for torrential rainfall, landslides and flooding.

The U.S. government is launching a new program to combat the scourge of derelict crab and lobster traps.

Rising methane levels in the atmosphere last year again played a big part in an overall increase in the greenhouse gases that cause climate change.

Hurricane Ian briefly reached maximum Category 5 status before weakening to a Category 4 storm as it blasted ashore last September in southwest Florida, eventually causing over $112 billion in damage in the U.S. and more than 150 deaths directly or indirectly.

The federal government says endangered Atlantic salmon can coexist with dams on a river in Maine, dealing a blow to environmentalists who want to remove the dams.

New research suggests that inbreeding may be a key reason that the Pacific Northwest’s endangered population of killer whales has failed to recover despite decades of conservation efforts.

A U.S. judge says the National Marine Fisheries Service violated the law when it failed to develop a plan to prevent the harming of humpback whales by West Coast commercial fishermen catching sablefish.

Scientists say the La Nina weather phenomenon that increases Atlantic hurricane activity and worsens western drought is gone after three troublesome years.

As dead whales continue to wash ashore on the U.S. East Coast, officials and academics in New Jersey, New York and elsewhere are planning a wide array of monitoring and research aimed at preventing harm to the animals during construction and operation of offshore wind farms.

A furry critter in a western Pennsylvania town has predicted six more weeks of winter during an annual Groundhog Day celebration.