New images from the North Sea show never-before-seen landforms that were carved by a single, colossal ice sheet 1 million years ago and subsequently buried beneath a thick layer of mud ...

Researchers have discovered huge landforms deep beneath the North Sea that suggest the region was swallowed by a giant ice sheet toward the middle of the last ice age. The scientists captured ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...

Tim Evanson via Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0 But how was this species able to survive for so long and inhabit such a wide geographic range ... Nanyori as a dry, semi-desert environment, with little ...

One of President Donald Trump's first courses of action when he was inaugurated last week was to sign executive orders changing the names of two major landforms in the Americas. Trump signed ...

Dune buggies, dune bashing, camel rides, desert camping, quad biking – there are loads of Dubai desert adventures that should be on your bucket list. Now the weather is at its best, it’s time to put ...

Peter Gwin is an editor at large for National Geographic and cohost of the award-winning podcast Overheard. He began as a staff writer for the magazine in 2003, and has contributed stories from an ...

This study examines infrastructure inequalities across countries and over time using satellite data. It highlights rising inequalities linked to urbanization and economic development, with greater ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across ...

This video can help pupils learn about the physical geography of the Earth. Teachers can use the film to introduce how the landmass of Earth is grouped into seven continents and the main areas of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays his second shot on the 16th hole during the third round of the Dubai ...