Pinpointing when early land plants colonized terrestrial environments and began influencing Earth's systems is a core ...

Remarkably, the shorelines of Africa and South America reflect each other almost perfectly, an extraordinary discovery that ignited a wave of scientific inquiry. Long ago, these continents were joined ...

When we were flying over gopher holes, pumpjacks and coulees, there was no reason to believe this was going to be an airline that (would) fly over continents and oceans' ...

A new study finds ocean cycles disrupt synchronized global drought, reducing the risk of simultaneous crop failures worldwide.

The secretary of state has provoked the ire of Britain’s first black woman lawmaker and put the spotlight once again on how ...

What happens when major food-growing regions face drought at the same time? New research suggests that natural ocean cycles ...

A baited camera captured a sleeper shark in the Southern Ocean for the first time. Sharks have survived mass extinctions, ...

Spanning oceans and continents on a quest for the biggest, fastest, and deadliest sharks. The hunt for monster fish continues.

New research from ETH Zurich challenges the long-held “follow the water” rule in the search for extraterrestrial life. Scientists argue that a planet’s habitability depends on a narrow chemical ...

In northeast Ethiopia, the rift shoved continental plates apart by 25 feet in just a few days, completely shocking ...

The planet’s warming trend is not just continuing but accelerating, with 2024 confirmed as the hottest year on record and ...

Part of what makes her story unique is that she is a Black woman from Memphis. There are not many Black female scuba divers ...