The North American craton actually dips near the Rockies rather than forming a sharp vertical step as previously believed.

Forget the neat, tidy narratives you might have heard in school about a stable, unchanging Earth. Just like history, our ...

Each of these books can, in its own way, teach readers how to think about Earth's history, and how to apply lessons from the past to our future.

Which ocean has the maximum number of islands in the world? Explore why the Pacific Ocean holds this record, along with its ...

New research reveals that Central Asia’s rugged terrain was molded by the vanished Tethys Ocean, millions of years before the Himalayas even rose.

Scientists say they have found geochemical traces of Earth’s ancient self hidden far below our feet, suggesting that parts of the planet that existed before the Moon-forming collision 4.5 billion ...

Ever wondered why you won't find kangaroos outside Australia? It all started with massive climate change millions of years ...

More than 3.5 billion years ago, the Earth was not the hospitable world we know today. The atmosphere lacked oxygen, the seas ...

In addition to shaping the interior of rocky planets, molten rock located deep within these planets may also contribute to ...

As a shark tooth and fossil hunting enthusiast, I often have people ask me why I find fossils so fascinating. To me, the ...

Antarctica is also known to have some of the most extreme and harsh environments on the planet, where life struggles to exist ...

Still, the fancy persists, implanted like a microchip, ever since Erich von Däniken’s 1968 best-seller, “Chariots of the Gods ...