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The category 4 storm made landfall on the Gulf Coast early this morning. Evacuation orders have students heading for safety.

Ten endangered Manning River turtles were saved from flooding in New South Wales, Australia, following devastating fires on the country’s east coast.

The invasive insects weathered extreme climatic conditions by banding together and riding out Hurricane Harvey's flood waters.

The pause on campus operations, which could last a month, is just one example of the hurricane’s devastation.

With flooding still several feet high in some parts of Texas, authorities have intensified mosquito control tactics in the hopes of avoiding disease outbreaks.

Scientists leave behind ongoing experiments as the Category 5 hurricane whips through the Caribbean and heads toward the U.S. mainland.

Conservationists and the insurance industry team up to model the economic benefits of marshes during hurricanes.

Sparked by a tweet from a Philadelphia scientist, the March for Science–Houston has launched a database of facilities offering to host reagents and researchers. 

As Hurricane Harvey approaches land, researchers wait to see if their preparations will protect their experiments.

Models of the impact of expected sea level rises on the nation’s capital forecast serious flooding and billions of dollars of damage in the coming decades.

One way to increase biofuel production is to engineer plants that can withstand harsh environmental conditions, thereby expanding the range in which such crops can be grown. 

Research is underway to reduce the use of food crops for biofuels by shifting to dedicated energy crops and agricultural residues.

A campus housing several national research institutes and private companies braces for rising waters in the Southeast Asian country.

A Danish cell bank scrambles to save irreplaceable cell and tissue samples in the wake of a flood.