As Oklahomans weather bitter cold, some social media posts in recent days have warned of exploding trees. But experts say ...

Exploding trees? Extreme cold snaps in Chicago can cause trees to crack and burst from freezing stress. Tree experts explain ...

Think "exploding trees" sound like sci-fi? As a polar vortex hits the U.S., here's some of the science behind this loud, ...

A tree-mendous freeze. Forecasters are warning that expected subzero temperatures could cause trees to explode as a brutal ...

Can trees really explode in the extreme cold? Rumors are spreading on social media that the frigid temperatures in the Upper ...

The new National Geographic series Pole to Pole ventures deep into the Amazon in search of creatures whose venom may yield new life-saving drugs. In episode 2 of Pole to Pole, Will Smith captures a ...

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. — Over 240 propane tanks were on a truck that caught fire on Florida's Turnpike in St. Lucie County on Wednesday morning, according to fire rescue officials. The incident ...

ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Florida’s Turnpike closed on the morning of Jan. 7 because of a tractor-trailer fire with exploding propane tanks, according to fire officials. Firefighters went to mile marker 168 ...

Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major Clovis-era sites, researchers found shocked quartz—evidence of intense heat ...

Just before sunset, as baseball-sized tarantulas cross the road at Colorado’s Southern Plains Land Trust, two biologists quietly exit their car to scoop up a few of these eight-legged pedestrians.

Diagnosis rates of autism among children have more than tripled over the past 15 years. One reason, which Minnesota’s welfare scandal lays bare with shocking details, is Medicaid fraud and abuse.