David Schechter serves as CBS News National Environmental Correspondent, delivering in-depth reporting on the human impacts of our changing environment and climate. Aparna Zalani is an award-winning ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

Comal County Friends of the Night Sky (CCFNS) received a 2026 Night Sky Preservation Fund grant from the Hill Country ...

Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these lights could be blinding us to the ...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — This Earth Day, the City of Coeur d'Alene is making an effort to raise environmental awareness by proclaiming the week as "Dark Sky Week," but a local astronomy lover says more ...

DAVIS MOUNTAINS STATE PARK, Texas — It's a packed night at McDonald Observatory, where dozens of people are crowding around high-powered telescopes as a thunderstorm rolls off to the east. Locals and ...

For most of human history, darkness was a constant. The rhythms of nature, wildlife behavior, and even human sleep evolved under predictable cycles of day and night. In the past century, however, ...

While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area in Texas has fended off the light... As light pollution increases, West Texas works to ...