After strengthening rapidly and grazing the Philippines and Taiwan, the storm headed north toward the Sakishima Islands.

Blooms of the plant-like organisms near coastal areas have become more frequent in the 21st century.

The shallow waters of hook-shaped Notsuke Peninsula shelter sea grass and shrimp in eastern Hokkaido.

Sunrise is an opportune time to photograph fog as it rolls through the mountain range.

Fieldwork in interior Alaska aimed to identify when evergreen trees resumed growth and started taking up carbon.

Fierce fires in Canada are the source of smoke that has swirled across much of the continent.

The category 4 storm was one of the strongest in decades to lash the U.S. territory of Guam.