When warm weather returns and nights become milder, many take advantage of the clear skies to observe the stars. And often, ...

Imagine traveling more than 600 miles from the only home you’ve ever known, to a mountain ridge you’ve never been to. It’s ...

It's a warm January summer afternoon, and as I traverse the flower-strewn western slopes of Australia's highest mountain, ...

The best news? Viewers in prime dark sky locations don’t need high-tech telescopes or even binoculars to stargaze this summer ...

For a lot of people, summer brings the opportune time to look out at the night sky, whether with a telescope or binoculars, ...

The summer solstice on June 20 signifies the beginning of prime time for birds, butterflies and beautiful nights filled with ...

A species of Australian moth travels up to a thousand kilometres every summer using the stars to navigate, scientists said ...

Fireflies need darkness to communicate. Males perform an airborne dance while flashing their abdominal lanterns in a pattern ...

Aotearoa New Zealand officially celebrates Matariki for the fourth time, marked by the reappearance in the night sky of the ...

On a trip to Maine’s Mount Desert Island, Dinaw Mengestu and his family had an ambitious, high-energy itinerary that included ...