Kevin Myatt

High temperatures topping 90 in April are uncommon for our region and don't necessarily portend a hot summer.

The temperature roller-coaster may get a little less extreme as April moves into May, and there will be a better chance of some much-needed rain.

Name: Emily Gaskill Hometown: Flemington, New Jersey Major: Public health College: Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

The weather pattern has shifted from an extremely warm and dry April to a cooler, slightly wetter early May.

All signs point to warming equatorial Pacific waters, which often portends much wetter weather than Virginia has experienced in the past few months.

Brad Ohlinger's research has focused on how bees do a “waggle dance” to convey information to one another and why ants follow one behind the other.

Past summers show that a developing El Niño could be a factor in at least somewhat suppressing this summer’s heat.

Histotripsy not only works against targeted tumors, but may also trigger an immune response against tumors elsewhere in the body.

Spring as a whole tilted very warm, but it was interspersed with short but sharp cold spells. Drought also continues.