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FILE - A baseball fan tries to shield from the sun during the fourth inning of a spring training baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Athletics, March 17, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

'Climate change is kicking our butts.' March smashes heat records for continental US

12:58 PM on Wednesday, April 8

March has been the hottest month on record for the continental United States in 132 years, according to federal weather data

FILE - Harvard University researcher Kseniia Petrova, 30, departs the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse after being released on bail from federal custody on June 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham, File)

Officer improperly canceled visa of Harvard scholar charged with frog embryo smuggling, judge rules

8:52 PM on Tuesday, April 7

A U.S. judge says a customs officer improperly canceled the visa of a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos in the U.S. In a ruling Tuesday, the judge said Customs and Border Protection officers have limited authority to cancel visas and can't do so for suspected smuggling of biological samples

In this image provided by NASA, The Artemis II crew captured this view of an Earthset on Monday, April 6, 2026, as they flew around the Moon. (NASA via AP)

Artemis II astronauts channel Apollo 8 with a striking Earthset photo

10:51 AM on Tuesday, April 7

The Artemis II astronauts are now forever intertwined with Apollo 8

A gray whale that swam 20 miles up a Washington state river is found dead

7:25 PM on Sunday, April 5

A juvenile gray whale that swam 20 miles up a river in Washington state has been found dead

This image provided by the Canadian Space Agency, Artemis II astronaut Jeremy Hansen of Canada, connects live from the Orion spacecraft and speaks with Canadian media along with astronauts Victor Glover, left, and Reid Wiseman on Saturday, April 4, 2026. (Canadian Space Agency via AP)

Canada's Artemis II astronaut gives thumbs-up to 'Project Hail Mary' starring Canadian Ryan Gosling

3:27 PM on Saturday, April 4

The new space movie “Project Hail Mary” starring Ryan Gosling is getting rave reviews more than halfway to the moon

An ophthalmologist performs cataract surgery while an assistant hands him surgical instruments during a marathon event, in Tsakane, South Africa, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Kayleen Morgan)

'Wow!' The eye surgery marathon that restored sight for some South Africans

4:02 AM on Saturday, April 4

Gladys Khoza has regained her sight after a cataract surgery marathon in South Africa

A killer whale swims in Elliott Bay in front of the downtown Seattle skyline on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. The orca is a part of a pod that had not been recorded by researchers in this region until this past month when three whales appeared in waters off British Columbia and Washington state. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes)

Orcas never seen before in Seattle delight whale watchers with a visit

3:49 PM on Friday, April 3

A pod of orcas that had not been recorded in Seattle before is delighting whale watchers with several visits just off downtown

This image provided by NASA shows a view of Earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman from of the Orion spacecraft's window after completing the translunar injection burn on April 2, 2026. (NASA via AP)

Artemis II's moonbound astronauts capture Earth's brilliant blue beauty as they leave it behind

10:42 AM on Friday, April 3

The Artemis II astronauts have captured Earth's brilliant blue beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon

How we came to be: Scientists get first look at the evolution of early complex animals

1:59 PM on Thursday, April 2

Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth

This image from video provided by NASA shows the Artemis II crew, from left, Canadian astronaut and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Christina Koch and pilot Victor Glover as they speak with NASA Mission Control in a video conference while en route to the moon, Thursday, April 2, 2026. (NASA via AP) CORRECTION: headed to the moon, not in moon's orbit

Artemis II astronauts rocket toward the moon after spending a day around Earth

10:58 AM on Thursday, April 2

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have fired their engines and are blazing toward the moon

FILE - Tourists take photos of Jonathan, a then 192-year-old tortoise, on the lawn of Plantation House in Jamestown on the South Atlantic island of St. Helena, Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Nicole Evatt, File)

World's oldest known tortoise still very much alive despite rumor to the contrary

7:38 AM on Thursday, April 2

Reports of the death of Jonathan, the world’s oldest living land animal, have been greatly exaggerated

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