Planet Earth Atacama Desert’s center dried out 20 million years earlier than previously thought — before the Andes formed Chile's Atacama Desert, which gets less than 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) of ...

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This rare example of an Aztec ritual mask was carved from wood over five centuries ago to represent Mictlantecuhtli, the god ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gives the climate event a 63% chance to "rank among the largest El Niño ...

In response to the Disneyland outbreak, we ended up passing SB-277 in California and a number of other important vaccination ...

Researchers have discovered a "megasite" of dead whales along with new species of marine life feasting on the corpses.

In a first, underwater archaeologists in the Bahamas have discovered three shipwrecks associated with the Golden Age of ...

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

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

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.

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