Travel brings many pleasures, but for those of us with an earth science background, it is a special treat to visit different ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is turning green and getting brighter as it nears Earth. Scientists track the ancient space rock, ...

Legend once had it that the huge, three-toed footprints scattered across the central highlands of Bolivia came from ...

Cycads use infrared heat to guide beetle pollinators, revealing an ancient plant communication system that predates flowers.

A fossilized horseshoe crab shows tiny pits on its shell, hinting at an ancient microbial attack. Discover what it reveals.

Few moments in paleontology are as exciting as the discovery of dinosaur eggs. These fragile and ancient specimens offer a ...

Single-cell bacteria, in shallow marine waters, altered the composition of liquid and air – as the planet heaved around them. Their fossils still stand, not far from you.

Evidence from eastern England suggests ancient humans may have mastered fire 400,000 years ago, far earlier than believed, ...