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The path of the storm allowed many researchers to make it through without incident, but they stress that the result could easily have been different.

With their laboratories prepared as well as possible for what’s now a Category 3 hurricane, all scientists in Florida can do now is wait.

Some areas of Puerto Rico have been hit by flooding and high winds, but long power outages are also impeding scientists’ work.

A large, long-term study across the US and Sweden finds potential correlations between specific pollutants and the proportions of male and female babies born.

Some Louisiana research centers lost samples and reagents, and with power only just now being restored, there’s a long road ahead to full recovery.

The storm, which made landfall over the weekend as a Category 4 hurricane and has since weakened, forced the evacuation of multiple Louisiana campuses.

For the first time, scientists tracked large shark movements during hurricanes and found that tiger sharks may find the turmoil opportunistic for feeding.

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

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.

The storm has already pummeled the Bahamas. Now the US coast prepares.

In the southeastern US, the coming storm disrupts research for many scientists.

Scientists at the University of Puerto Rico suffered major setbacks due to damages and delays in repairs, and government austerity measures are adding insult to injury.

Trees are resilient, but researchers wonder if climate change will outpace their adaptations.

Forests are resilient, but researchers wonder if climate change will outpace their adaptations.

From the effects of political upheaval on research to claims of gene-edited babies, the year has been a tumultuous one for the scientific community.

Researchers recovered audio recordings of the fish’s mating calls in the eye of the storm.

Anthropogenic climate change and urbanization appear to boost rainfall and exacerbate flooding risks, according to two Nature papers.

Hurricane Florence reshaped the shoreline near Beaufort, North Carolina.

The Category 2 storm is working its way up the Gulf of Mexico toward the panhandle.