Max Gorden

There are many challenges that zookeepers face in the desert summer season when you work in a climate that can regularly top 110-115 degrees or have ferocious thunderstorms from the monsoon.

San Francisco Bay is one of the busiest waterways in the United States. Throw in quickly-changing weather and strong tides, and things there can get dangerous for those out on the water.

Need more rainbows in your life? An atmospheric scientist in Hawaii wants to help!

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -- This week marks eight years since a massive landslide in Oso, Washington that buried homes and killed dozens of people. The scars still remain alongside Washington’s SR-530 Highway. There’s still a sign for Steelhead Drive, even though the road doesn’t exist anymore “I blow him a kiss every time I go by,” said Diana Bejvl, who lost her son in the landslide. “It’s difficult; I hate driving through here every day.” The hillside gave way at 10:37 a.m. on March 22, 2014, kill…

Increased fire safety is arriving on four legs in the city of Sacramento. They’re using goats and sheep to graze on fields and reduce the risk of grass fires.

Alaska experiences more earthquakes than any other state. And while many of the earthquakes shake unpopulated parts of the Last Frontier, a group of scientists is keeping tabs on the tremors.

A dangerous winter storm is causing the waters of Lake Erie to rise and bringing powerful wind and blinding snow.

The Grand Canyon is known for its breathtaking vistas and being one of the seven natural wonders of the world. A New York Post investigation recently found it is also the deadliest national park in the country, with the most number of missing persons in the nation. According to the reporting, there have been at least six people found dead and 56 missing persons at Grand Canyon National Park from 2018 through February 2023. Visitors filed about 1,100 missing persons reports in that time as well.…

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Wyoming-- One of the last glaciers near Yosemite National Park was on the verge of disappearing, but record-breaking winter storms led to a heavy snowpack this winter, offering a new life for the glaciers. Around 20,000 years ago, Yosemite Valley was covered in about 2,000 feet of ice. As the ice moved, it carved out the valley we see today. As the Earth has warmed, only five small glaciers remain from the ice in and around Yosemite National Park. The glaciers have been a…

Thousands of people on Maui are waiting to learn if their homes are still standing as uncontrolled wildfires fueled by winds from Hurricane Dora created a deadly firestorm and tourists are being told to stay away.