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

Earth has six continents not seven, radical study claims ...

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

Astronomers have discovered a vast, dense cluster of massive galaxies just 1 billion years after the Big Bang, each forming ...

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 ...

Researchers find that shifts in Earth’s orbit can trigger abrupt climate changes, even in warm periods without ice sheets.

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A University of Derby team says the Atlantic divide may be incomplete. Iceland and the Davis Strait could hold stranded ...

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

It's a vast territory. Gracing the Arctic, much of it is frozen. It's sparsely populated. It holds vast natural resources.

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