Jonathan the tortoise celebrated his 190th birthday as he extends his run as the longest-living land animal in the world. Jonathan first arrived in his current home of the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic in 1882 as a gift to the governor of…

Nevada’s Dixie Valley toad has been declared an endangered species. Last spring, wildlife officials had temporarily listed the speckled, black-eyed toad on a rarely used emergency basis. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday that the ruling makes the final listing. The amphibian is at risk of…

New video shows the moment a bright object blazed through Pittsburgh skies on Thursday evening. In a clip from his doorbell camera, Phil Haddad caught the bright light as it streaked over the Pennsylvania city. “I don’t often tweet, but when I do it’s because I captured…

A supermassive black hole swallowed up a star, ripping it apart, and uniquely expelled a beam of light from its center.In a scientific research report published on Wednesday, astronomers say a previously unknown black hole was made known to observers when a star passed too…

Satellite images give a birds-eye view of Mauna Loa’s continued eruption. The world’s largest active volcano began to erupt for the first time in nearly 40 years in November, although the U.S. Geological Survey maintained Tuesday that no property is at risk.Colorado-based Maxar Technologies shared nighttime…

A group of astronomers is speaking out about the impact of a large satellite designed to connect directly with mobile phones. In a Monday statement, the International Astronomical Union Center for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference (IAU) said that…