The Election Day countdown: 36 days until Nov. 5. With just over a month until voters cast their ballots and polls predicting razor-tight margins, let’s check the pulse of this year’s historic, ...

A 60-million year old fossil palm leaf from Alaska. A new study by researchers including Isabel Montañez at UC Davis has produced the most accurate chart to date of how Earth's temperature has changed ...

Football is serious business in the South. People organize their weeks, their seasons, their lives around games, worshiping their teams like secular religion. The rest of the country stares in awe at ...

Mike Kerrigan’s request for a single outdoor temperature highlights confusion about the “actual” and “feels like” temperatures (“Why Are There Two Temperatures?,” op-ed, Jan. 23). The feels-like one ...

If you went outside Friday in the D.C. area, it feels like one of those days that seems colder than what the temperature is. Meteorologists often mention “feels like temperature” when temperature ...

New York City pictured last fall. Experts say the season's temperature shifts and other factors can contribute to a rise in illnesses. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) While fall is linked with changing ...

While fall is linked with changing leaves and crisp weather, it’s also high time for temperature fluctuations. Depending on where you live, you may spend some days bundled up in a sweater, followed by ...