Standing at the top of the Golden Gate Bridge overlooking San Francisco late at night, it almost feels as if there is a glow encasing your surroundings for miles. While at the top of the Lawrence Hall ...

It’s becoming more and more difficult to see the stars every year. This will come as no surprise to residents of cities like Washington and Baltimore, where it is often difficult to see more than the ...

Artificial light at night, or ALAN, is one of the most pervasive byproducts of coastal urbanization. Streetlights, ...

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First-ever measurements of melatonin in wild sharks shows artificial light can disrupt nighttime hormone levels ...

You may have seen reports late last month about a new study showing how too much light at night is affecting birds — the latest sign of a problem that has implications for us, too. The study’s ...

Ithaca, NY— Artificial light at night has a profound effect land-based life--from birds to fireflies to humans. But a new study suggests we need to widen our view to include light pollution's effect ...

The flight paths of individual moths were tracked using radar. On the left a large yellow underwing (Noctua pronuba) with a transponder. The increasing use of artificial light at night is one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hong Kong Light Pollution Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images Our night sky is rapidly disappearing. At our current rate of dumping excess ...

Scientists have shown that light pollution -- especially light in the blue spectrum -- can alter the behavior of fish after only a few nights, and have knock-on effects for their offspring. Scientists ...

You’ve probably heard the saying, “the early bird gets the worm,” used to reference people with an affinity for morning productivity. The phrase originates from our feathered neighbors who are often ...

Excessive artificial light at night (ALAN) doesn’t just pollute the sky. It may also pollute the brain. That’s according to a surprising new study focused on light pollution and Alzheimer’s disease ...