Evidence from fossil shells suggests that falling seawater calcium helped lock away carbon dioxide and helped cool Earth after the dinosaurs.

A hidden body of fresh water, vast enough to rival an entire region, lies buried beneath the Atlantic Ocean and holds enough ...

In a world that never stops moving, Allegany State Park offers the increasingly rare gift of stillness – a place where time ...

By resurrecting a 3.2-billion-year-old enzyme and studying it inside living microbes, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have created a new way to improve our understanding of the ...

A light, 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

A light, 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Utah on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor ...

Bill Rosborough and his son Jon stopped their pickup truck near a 40-acre cornfield and pointed to a white PVC pipe that rose ...

Tucked along the banks of the Snake River in southern Idaho, Hagerman is the kind of place that makes you wonder why you’ve been rushing through life when this serene alternative exists just a short ...

The only blemish on this otherwise perfect overlook of the San Francisco Bay is the hum from Highway 101 near the Golden Gate ...

Tiny crystals preserved in ancient beach sands are offering scientists a new way to read the deep history of Australia’s landscapes.

In a landmark study published in Science, researchers have unveiled a high-resolution map of the Antarctic bed. This study ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed the most detailed map to date of the landscape buried deep beneath Antarctica's huge ...