Researchers find the birds' migration route gets straighter with age. Photo: Joe Duff/copyright Operation MIgration USA Inc.

25+ years of records show two-thirds of region’s rivers are now alkaline – a legacy of acid rain, researchers say.

New study confirms a UMD-led team's finding that Voyager is in interstellar space.

Not-so-horrid native snake keeps Lyme disease in check, a UMD team finds. Photo: Ed Kabay

A discovery by a University of Maryland-led research team offers hope for treating serious visual problems that are permanent unless corrected in early childhood. Illustration: Loretta Kuo

A new UMD-led study suggests large galaxies keep their mass down through a "feast and fast" sequence. Cover image courtesy of Nature.

Honey bees pollinating crops encounter many pesticides, including fungicides that hurt their ability to fight a lethal parasite. Photo: Michael Andree

A critical satellite failure could set back forecasting 10 years, says UMD expert Antonio Busalacchi. Photo: NOAA

Pac NW wines will do fine, but Napa, Bordeaux face challenges, says ESSIC director Antonio Busalacchi. Photo: Tony Busalacchi.

When black holes devour a star, they become beacons of light, writes UMD astronomer Suvi Gezari in Sky & Telescope. Photo: NASA