It may look like a bedazzled butterfly, but this invasive pest with a big appetite for destruction is wreaking havoc on trees, crops and even your backyard gear. Now spreading across at least 18 states, the spotted lanternfly is wanted dead (not alive).

Dozens of records could fall across the South as punishing heat continues to target the region while a pattern change is set to bring some relief across the Midwest and Northeast.

Using new data modeling techniques, experts have concluded that lightning kills at least 320 million trees every year.

As climate change threatens this string of islands, residents are racing to secure a world-first climate migration visa to Australia before it’s too late.

A California ground squirrel was caught on camera battling a southern Pacific rattlesnake near San Diego earlier this month. In the tense battle, the squirrel tossed wood chips and jumped around the snake. The fight lasted roughly eight minutes, with the squirrel surviving to fight another day.