Air travel could continue to get cheaper but it could also get a lot less comfortable, as seat sizes shrink and the differences between classes gets wider.

Air vents on airplanes create air turbulence around you, which blocks germ particles and forces them to the ground.

Mahshid Mazooji missed her connecting flight at the Charlotte airport, but instead of stewing about it, she threw a dance party.

Flying pets in the cargo hold can be a risky proposition, but sometimes you have no choice.

Prices are low, values are high and there aren't a lot of crowds in shoulder season.

Three circus lions and a cub fly thousands of miles to their forever home in South Africa.

The rules for service and support animals are changing rapidly.

With fears of the coronavirus — and flu season — here's how to stay safe on a plane.

Jellyfish have outlived the dinosaurs by hundreds of millions of years, some might be capable of living forever, and they've even been to space.

Grandma's chicken soup has got nothing on these miraculous broths.

The genetically modified rice variety is laced with essential vitamins.

The density of turtles is so high that you could almost imagine crossing the sea by hopping from shell to shell.

A wave in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Cape Mendocino is one of the tallest waves ever recorded.

Researchers counted nearly 600,000 dead hermit crabs on one island chain alone.

This problem has plagued physicists ever since the laws of motion were first conceived.

New evidence of a massive lightning strike at the center of an ancient stone circle offers clues.

Startling new research suggests that dark energy might be nothing more than a simple measurement mistake.

The artifact was probably dropped by conquistadors as they fled from the city.

The rate of warming in the oceans is 'relentless,' and the hottest 5 years ever recorded were the last 5.

The new auroral form called a sky dune has been discovered by amateur stargazers.

The explosion detected in a galaxy 390 million light-years from Earth was 5 times more energetic than anything seen before, but it's no Big Bang.

Scientists are at a loss to explain why infants seem largely resistant to the coronavirus, but new studies are providing clues.

The eagle that smashed through a Wyoming man's window was bearing a leg band from 1989.

A rescued owl nicknamed Plump had to go on a diet so she could fly again.

Researchers from Newcastle University captures a wild grey seal 'clapping' on camera for the first time.

Maybe it was on a meditation retreat.

Aditya and Poonam Singh are turning barren farmland in Rajasthan, India, into an unofficial tiger reserve.

Australia's feral horses will be removed from national park lands to help wildfire-damaged areas come back. The goal is relocation, but not all will survive.

Popularized in 2017, the windshield phenomenon is used to describe the lack of insects on a windshield after a drive, a sign of a dwindling bug population.

Scientists say the parasitic blob H. salminicola doesn't need to breathe.

A chicken could live anywhere from a few weeks to a very dog-like 12 years.

Narwhals use their tusks for a number of different tasks, but scientists think they've found the most important one.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a nationwide surge in Americans purchasing baby chickens.

Want to have a more obedient and more affectionate dog? It all begins with how connected you are as a team.

Conservationists are reporting improved nesting conditions because conditions are right and there's less pressure from tourism.

Prehistoric humans missed animals when they disappeared and even wondered how to get them back.

It looks like nothing else ever seen on Earth, but the bizarre 'Tully Monster' is still waiting on a definitive classification.

New research finds eastern garter snakes prefer to spend their time with their friends, just like humans do.

The benefits of mindfulness keep piling up, from growing grey matter to helping you master your emotional responses.

Figuring out the precise brightness of the moon will help with more accurate satellite views.

These wearable devices are made specifically to lend strength and enhance lifting ability, and they are helping an aging population stay on the workforce.

There are smart, innovative alternatives to incinerating and landfilling apparel.

Every time we wash synthetic fabrics like polyester, very small pieces break off and flow down the drain into our local waterways.

Scientists have learned out how much energy bees use to fly when carrying heavy and light loads, and they learned about a new ability along the way.

Vanlife is a popular way to travel can that seem pricy for shorter trips — but not if you borrow or rent a minivan.

All types of whales undergo long migrations each year, and new research points to a surprising reason: They need to shed their skin.

A cashless store or even a cashless society is more convenient for businesses, so some try to avoid cash, but our society need bills and change to be equitable.

Introverts have traditionally had to learn to be more outgoing, but during coronavirus, it's the extroverts' turn to learn new behaviors.

Show this coronavirus social distancing calculator to those people in your life who don't 'believe in' staying home.

Data can help us understand some of the many ways the human body reacts to this virus and the next one.