Memorizing seven continents feels settled, like learning the alphabet. A new study argues the ground rules are less tidy. The ...

Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests ...

The rocks on the summit of Mount Everest were created in a warm and shallow sea many years before the Himalayas were formed.

In Earth's fossil record, soft-bodied organisms like jellyfish rarely stand the test of time. What's more, it's hard for any ...

Greenland, the largest island on Earth, possesses some of the richest stores of natural resources anywhere in the world.

Core samples pulled from beneath ice sheet suggests region is highly sensitive to the temperatures of our current ...