Imagine stepping outside on a clear night, looking up at the stars, only to find the heavens dimmed to a faint, featureless glow. Where once the Milky Way stretched across the sky, now only a handful ...

Q. I have heard that light pollution causes migrating birds to become disoriented. Will the fairy lights (small solar lamps) that people put out alongside sidewalks affect any animals? A. The simple ...

The proposed building is part of wider plans to expand the Biomedical Campus, councillors hear.

For decades, amateur astronomers have railed against light pollution — the single greatest negative impact of humans on the night sky. Initially, the argument was, “We can’t see the stars anymore!” ...

If you are revising your pollution vocabulary, then you would usually start with air, water, noise, earth and now add to it, ...

The disappearance of this rare species, a tiny, star-speckled amphibian endemic to the Western Ghats, serves as a powerful reminder that artificial light can threaten even the most elusive forms of wi ...

When the court lights flicker on at the U.S. Open, tennis stars shine under illumination designed to cut light pollution. The wedge-shaped lamps around the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ...

Artificial light is growing across the planet faster than almost any other human influence. Once limited to towns and highways, that glow now touches roughly one quarter of all land ecosystems. The ...