Somehow, none of her poems has found its way into picture books — until now, as Caldecott honoree Melissa Sweet turns ...

Lightning struck a massive redwood tree in a Santa Rosa neighborhood early Friday morning. A church had to be red-tagged and ...

The 2026 Minor League Baseball season has begun, which means its time for a six-month onslaught of theme nights, giveaway ...

Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but ...

An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon that so far exists only in theory. By Dennis Overbye On Feb. 13, 2023, a ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Clones of the scraggly, beloved cherry blossom tree felled two years ago in the nation’s capital have flowered for the first time this ...

For decades, most companies took electricity for granted when it came to growth. Factories expanded, offices opened and data centers came online with little concern about whether the grid could keep ...

A warm winter indicated an early cherry blossom bloom on the University of Washington’s campus, but then a late-winter cold snap is now delaying peak bloom. Peak bloom was originally forecast to begin ...

The Japanese government is giving the United States 250 cherry blossom trees to celebrate the country’s semiquincentennial this year, with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arriving in Washington ...

Are they dead? Or are they just still “sleeping”? That’s the question home gardeners are wondering as they venture into the landscape and still see a lot of bareness. That’s not abnormal this time of ...