In this animated discussion, Venus, Mars, and Mercury explore the unique characteristics of Earth, focusing on why it is the ...

Truck driver Muhammad Afzal was not expecting to be stopped by police, let alone fined, as he drove into Islamabad this week because of the thick diesel fumes emanating from his exhaust pipe. "This is ...

If you’ve seen any of the “Ice Age” animated Disney movies, we have some bad news: You don’t know the real ice age.

There are roughly 2.5 million known species on the planet, but scientists estimate that's only a fraction of the biodiversity on Earth. A new study shows we're finding new species like never before.

Want to be a top notch candidate for hosting alien life? Then there's a few key requirements you should be aware of: Ideally, ...

Some 4.6 billion years ago, Earth was nothing like the gentle blue planet we know today. Frequent and violent celestial impacts churned its surface and interior into a seething ocean of magma—an ...

The bonebed contains the 21-million-year-old remains of sea cows, sharks, barracuda-like fish, prehistoric dolphins and sea ...

When the early Earth’s magma ocean crystallized 4.4 billion years ago, the deep mantle trapped an ocean’s worth of water, ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped vast, continent-scale river drainage systems on Mars — ancient networks that may ...

Makoshika State Park in Glendive might be Montana’s best-kept secret – a sprawling badlands paradise that somehow flies under the radar while its more famous cousins get all the attention. The name ...

Paleoartist Robert (“Bob”) Nicholls is a world renowned natural history artist and writer, with a reputation for producing ...