Chris Brown is on a mission to see all eight Poles of Inaccessibility (PIAs), the spot on a continent or ocean which is furthest from the sea or coast in any direction.

With unprecedented clarity, scientists have directly observed a subduction zone—the collision point where one tectonic plate dives beneath another—actively breaking apart. The discovery, reported in ...

Earth is far from a static place. That's true in the present, but it's even more apparent when you look to the past, as Earth has changes quite a bit over time.

At 11 feet (3.4m) tall and nearly 27 feet (8.2m) long, Cooper’s pointy-backed herbivore – affectionately known as Apex – is the largest and most intact stegosaurus fossil ever unearthed. In July 2024, ...

Unearthing the mysteries of our planet’s past, ancient maps offer a unique window into the world as it once was, depicting continents that have long since disappeared. These maps, coupled with modern ...

AI models used ancient zircons to reveal Earth’s earliest crust chemistry, solving a long-standing geologic mystery. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0) In Earth’s early days, more than 4 billion years ago, the ...

Humanity's origins have long captivated scientists and historians alike, sparking debates and research into where and why Homo sapiens first emerged. Recent ...

The ISS feels impossibly far at 250 miles up, but lunar missions go 240,000 miles out - over 1000x the distance. It's a perspective shift that redefines what 'space travel' means.

Fungi may have shaped Earth’s landscapes long before plants appeared. By combining rare gene transfers with fossil evidence, researchers have traced fungal origins back nearly a billion years earlier ...

The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology discusses the significance of paleontology, Earth history and science in this insightful opinion piece ...

This summer, solar provided about 10 per cent of the world’s electricity, surpassing nuclear for the first time. The International Energy Agency expects it to become the single largest source of ...

New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution sheds light on the timelines and pathways of evolution of fungi, finding evidence of their influence on ancient terrestrial ecosystems. The study, ...