The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

Melting ice is causing changes to the shoreline, animal behavior and even leading to new archaeological discoveries as centuries-old artifacts are revealed for the first time. Take a look at some ...

Over the past decade, researchers have been puzzling through Pluto’s mysteries. Meanwhile, the New Horizons probe heads for interstellar space.

About half of what’s known as “the estimated undiscovered technically recoverable” oil lying below federal lands is in Alaska ...

Keen-eyed internet sleuths have spotted what appears to be a massive skull lurking in the waters of a Canadian Island.

S cientists had high hopes for the sample of asteroid Ryugu collected by the Japanese Hayabusa-2 probe. The actual findings ...

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The mineral-rich Arctic island is open for tourism. Locals want to show what makes Greenland unique beyond a recent ...

"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or ...

A tiny grain from asteroid Ryugu has revealed djerfisherite, a mineral that normally forms in scorching, oxygen-poor settings ...

A new dinosaur species unearthed from the famed Morrison Formation in Colorado has been identified, according to a journal article published last week in London.