Giant groundsels are rare plants that grow up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall. They are endemic to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro ...

Most visitors never experience the natural masterpieces that lie off the tourist trail—from bubbling hot springs to unearthly ...

A layer of magma has been discovered 2.4 miles below Yellowstone that releases gases and prevents eruptions, according to ...

Sunday marks 45 years since Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington state. The deadly eruption happened shortly after 8:30 a.m. on May 18, 1980, following months of small explosions and earthquakes.

Prest and three other soldiers were skimming over a moonscape in a Huey helicopter, the same aircraft that was the Army’s ...

This in demand destination still has secrets waiting to be discovered in its wildest and most untamed places — if you know ...

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

On June 17, talk to ocean scientists and ask your questions in a special ship-to-shore livestream from the ocean floor.

Scottie Scheffler opened with a 2-under 69 but took issue with the lack of relief from mud balls at Quail Hollow. / Alex Slitz/Getty Images CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Scottie Scheffler joked about still ...

When conditions are that soggy—especially in the South, where it’s already humid—golf balls can embed into the turf and pick up globs of mud when they reemerge. Usually when this happens ...

Meanwhile, Curiosity's Radiation Assessment Detector recorded the biggest surge of radiation since the rover landed in 2012. If astronauts had been there, they would have received a radiation dose ...

Off the coast of Oregon, things are about to heat up as a large undersea volcano is poised to erupt ... “I think it’s one of the biggest discoveries we’ve made,” a professor of marine geology and ...