A mysterious geological structure that resembles a human hand with outstretched fingers has been revealed beneath East ...

The most famous lake in the trio, Lake Tahoe (on the left), is the largest alpine lake in the U.S.. It covers an area of ...

Researchers say the Arctic Ocean crossed a biological tipping point in 2009, when nitrate levels in the water suddenly ...

The Romans were the first to wear clog-style footwear to the baths to protect their feet from the hot floor and to better ...

The board that accredits medical schools is poised to take away requirements that doctors learn about factors, such as income ...

A June update by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts suggests that the coming weather event will be the ...

A rare meteorite found in the Sahara Desert may be evidence of a long-lost "protoplanet" that formed in the early solar ...

A new study cultivated four strains of cold-adapted yeasts that had colonized Ötzi's body shortly after his death 5,300 years ...

Enigmatic 415 million-year-old fossils belong to a giant scorpion that may have reached lengths of around 3 feet (1 meter), a ...

The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in ...

Northern lights are projected across the Northern U.S. and Europe tonight as Earth gets hit by a strong solar eruption.

Seeds from the last surviving wild Dendroseris neriifolia tree are now stored in Kew Gardens' Millennium Seed Bank as ...