A team of geologists found for the first time evidence linking regions of low seismic velocity and the shape of the Earth’s magnetic field.

After consulting texts on bird anatomy, O’Connor realized what they were: oral papillae. “Imagine if the flesh on the roof of ...

Far below the waves off western France, divers have mapped a vast Stone Age wall that has survived since around 5000 BC, a ...

Jetavanaramaya, a colossal fourth-century Sri Lankan stupa, was once among the world’s largest structures — a vast and ancient brick-built engineering marvel born out of religious rivalry that has ...

If you imagine the earliest animals on Earth, you might picture something simple but sturdy. Maybe a sponge-like creature ...

Ancient magnetic fossils reveal that animal navigation using Earth’s magnetic field may have evolved far earlier than ...

On a talus-strewn slope in eastern California’s mountains, a gnarled tree twists toward the sky. It is Methuselah, a Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) and one of the world’s oldest trees.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists recently identified the oldest material on Earth: stardust that's 7 billion years old, tucked away in a massive, rocky ...

This striking satellite photo shows rippling ribbons of ethereal ice swirling like turbulent clouds on the surface of Lake Michigan, alongside a snow-covered Chicago. The wintery scene occurred during ...

It’s the oldest synagogue in Mississippi, a thriving religious center that has served Jackson’s small but vibrant Jewish community for more than half a century. Now, the Beth Israel synagogue is ...

Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee If you’ve seen illustrations or models of the solar system, maybe you noticed that all the planets orbit the Sun in ...

Beneath the surface of the world’s deepest lake, scientists have uncovered strange geological structures unlike anything seen there before. For decades, Lake Baikal has stood as a site of extremes.