The ocean covers more than 70 per cent of the planet and regulates climate, sustains biodiversity, and supports economies and cultures worldwide. It’s the foundation of life on Earth.

The world is weird, as are people and even animals. From laws about tying up your giraffe in Atlanta to a precious metal ...

Svante Arrhenius, a Swedish physics professor, is best known for his development of the pH scale for acids and bases. He was ...

Earth's vast oceans hold nearly all its water, but only a tiny fraction is accessible freshwater. Growing populations, ...

Some animals inspire fear, while others inspire entire cosmologies. The green anaconda, widely regarded as the largest snake ...

With the meteorite falling into 100 feet of water and likely having magnetic properties, a space rock hunter can recover it ...

World Reef Awareness Day rolls around every year on June 1 to remind us about coral reefs, some of the most vital natural ...

In kelp forests elsewhere in the world, the removal of a single predator has led to ecosystem collapse. The Great African ...

All of these are members of the aroid family (Araceae) and are easily recognizable by their flowering apparatus, consisting ...

Earth’s oceans are rising at nearly twice the pace seen in the 1960s, fueled by warming water and accelerating ice melt.

Here’s an Earth Day fact everyone should know: Earth Day was first observed on April 22, 1970, followed in 1972 by World Environment Day. It has been celebrated ever since, slowly but surely picking ...