Scientists at MIT have found compelling chemical evidence that Earth’s earliest animals were likely ancient sea sponges.

In the forests of the southeastern United States, dense tree cover dominates most landscapes. That's why the Appalachian Trail is sometimes nicknamed "The Green Tunnel." But avid hikers know that ...

How did young volcanoes on Mars form? This is what a recent study published in the journal Geology hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated th | Space ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover continues detailed observations of boxwork formations at Gale Crater while monitoring atmospheric dust as Mars enters its dusty season.

In Nature Communications, researchers reported the first measured sea temperature from a snowball Earth episode: −15°C ± 7°C.

A study by the UAB and the University of A Coruña has succeeded in demonstrating the existence of Roman-era alluvial gold ...

Social media videos showed people running into the streets as bright orange flames and smoke spewed into the sky.

Icy moons circling the outer planets may be far more dynamic—and explosive—than they appear. New research suggests that when ...

Only one specimen of Alcovasaurus has ever been found, named for the tiny Wyoming town of Alcova, where it was discovered ...

When that material is transported into the oceans, it increases the carbon-to-phosphorus ratio of marine sediments. The ...

Underwater lakes may sound like fiction, but they dot the ocean floor and, according to a new University of Mississippi study, the structures could also help researchers understand life in space.