It's difficult to overstate just how surprisingly early to the party this water may have been. “This suggests that water, the ...

The shoreline is really a process at work rather than a permanent line,” writes columnist Gary Griggs. “People have been ...

The Lexington Diocese's implementation of Laudato Si' is "one of the most comprehensive and inspiring examples of ecclesial ...

The Columbia River is critical for fish, energy, commerce and identity. But it faces an uncertain future. How much more can ...

Scientists are analysing the smells of space – from the aroma onboard space stations to planets hundreds of light years away ...

At a site known as Natural Trap Cave, a team of scientists are rappelling down to uncover the secrets of what the Earth was ...

The disappearance of glaciers is not only leading to the creation of new fish habitat, but it's also creating opportunities ...

The Overwhelming Scale of Earth’s Water Coverage About 71 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, a fact that becomes strikingly clear when seen from this unique vantage point.

Based on an unprecedented discovery in Alberta, Canada, The Journey North, tells the epic tale of one of the largest dinosaur herds that ever lived, the Pachyrhinosaurus, through the eyes of one of ...

an astrophysicist introduced the Silurian Hypothesis, the idea that an advanced civilization may have existed on Earth before humans.

But the tree is more than a botanical curiosity: It’s a pillar of Socotra’s ecosystem. The umbrella-like canopies capture fog and rain, which they channel into the soil below, allowing neighboring ...

Hulhumalé, Maldives — “My most peaceful moments are on the water ... years before the dinosaurs disappeared, the Indian tectonic plate drifted north, tearing a gash in the Earth’s ...