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This illustration provided by researchers in April 2026 depicts a giant octopus that may have been a top marine predator millions of years ago. (Yohei Utsuki via AP)

A massive kraken-like octopus may have prowled the seas during the age of dinosaurs

2:11 PM on Thursday, April 23

The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been an octopus

Grass and flowers surround the Archaeological Park of the Solstice, which some call the "Stonehenge of the Amazon" in Calcoene, Amapa state, Brazil, Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Archaeological digs in Amazon provide clues about Indigenous inhabitants before colonization

9:01 AM on Thursday, April 23

Paving roads in the Amazon rainforest often causes deforestation that threatens the people who live there

FILE - This image, provided by NASA, shows the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on Nov. 30, 2025, about 178 million miles (286 million kilometers) from Earth. (NASA, ESA, STScI, D. Jewitt (UCLA), M.-T. Hui (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory), J. DePasquale (STScI) via AP, File)

Scientists trace latest interstellar comet's home to a cold, isolated corner of the Milky Way

5:11 AM on Thursday, April 23

A new study suggests that the comet that rambled past us from another star last year likely originated in a cold, isolated corner of the galaxy that had yet to gel into its own solar system

FILE - Low water levels at Wahweap Bay at Lake Powell, along the Upper Colorado River Basin are shown, June 9, 2021, at the Utah and Arizona border at Wahweap, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Water to surge into drought-depleted Lake Powell but at costs elsewhere

3:13 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Desert canyons in eastern Utah will be churning this spring with huge volumes of water in a desperate attempt to keep a reservoir on the Colorado River generating electricity

FILE - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., right, President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services, talks with Committee Chairman Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., following his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

RFK Jr. faced the Senate. One lawmaker's competing loyalties were on display

12:02 AM on Wednesday, April 22

A Republican senator juggling three roles — lawmaker, doctor and political candidate seeking reelection — has walked a fine line as he questioned Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sen. Bill Cassidy supported Kennedy's confirmation as health secretary but is a strong vaccine advocate and has clashed with him over vaccine policies

The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off from LC36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force station, Sunday, April 19, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is grounded after launching satellite into the wrong orbit

3:36 PM on Monday, April 20

Jeff Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin is blaming a bad engine for a failed launch that left a satellite in the wrong orbit, dooming it

An official of the Japan Meteorological Agency speaks near a monitor showing a tsunami alert during a news conference at the agency in Tokyo, Monday, April 20, 2026, after an earthquake that struck off the northern Japanese coast. (Masanori Kumagai/Kyodo News via AP)

Earthquake sets off brief tsunami alert and a megaquake advisory in northern Japan

4:19 AM on Monday, April 20

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake Monday off northern Japan sparked a short-lived tsunami alert and an advisory of a slightly higher risk of a possible megaquake

FILE - Runners approach the finish line during the Boston Marathon, April 21, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

A crowd scientist is helping the Boston Marathon manage a growing field of 30,000-plus runners

4:26 PM on Sunday, April 19

Running the Boston Marathon is tough enough without having to jostle your way from Hopkinton to Copley Square

FILE - The milky way and traces of meteors illuminate the sky over Burg on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn, northern Germany, April 20, 2018. (Daniel Reinhardt/dpa via AP, File)

The Lyrid meteor shower is visible now and peaking soon. Here's how to spot it

8:03 AM on Saturday, April 18

The Lyrid meteor shower is expected to bring fiery streaks to the night sky

FILE - A firefighter battles the Pickett Fire burning in the Aetna Springs area of Napa County, Calif., Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Wildfires used to 'go to sleep' at night. Climate change has them burning overtime

2:01 PM on Friday, April 17

Wildfires used to die down and even stop at night with cooler temperatures and increased humidity

NASA's Artemis II crew - NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen pose for a photo during a press conference on Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Artemis II astronauts praise their moonship's performance, especially the heat shield

5:05 PM on Thursday, April 16

The Artemis II astronauts who ignited a lunar renaissance are giving high marks to their moonship for its performance during reentry — especially the heat shield

FILE - Health care workers look out a window at NY Presbyterian and Mount Sinai, March 16, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Younger adult colon cancer deaths are concentrated in people with less education, study says

11:02 AM on Thursday, April 16

A new study finds the worrisome rise in colorectal cancer deaths among younger adults is concentrated in people with less education

A veterinarian holds a baby monkey named Yuji, who lives with a stuffed dog that serves as a surrogate, while he receives care at a special care center at the zoo in Guadalajara, Mexico, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Refugio Ruiz)

Meet Yuji, the Mexican baby monkey finding comfort in a plush companion

10:28 AM on Thursday, April 16

Yuji, a 6-week-old patas monkey, wakes up every day clinging to a stuffed dog

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