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

When Earth tips over to restore its rotational balance, sea levels shift around the globe—episodes scientists have now traced to the age of dinosaurs. Tidal stresses are comparable to a slight push ...

Microfossils from Mongolia suggest the first animals may be up to 200 million years older than their oldest clear fossils, a new study finds.

Southern Illinois University Carbondale researchers are observing Earth Science Week by exploring some of today’s most ...

Levi Sap Nei Thang’s new book explores Genesis through science and theology, examining Earth’s seas, dry land, and the ...

Scientists have found that a famous 2-billion-year-old chemical signature, once thought to record a massive global change in ...

Ancient asteroid impacts may have done more than reshape Earth's surface—they could have helped spark life itself. New computer models show the collisions created enormous underground hydrothermal ...

Explore the science of deep earthquakes, from subduction zones to seismic waves. Uncover how these mysterious events ...

The planet beneath our feet was alive—the continent of Earth scienceStarting with what Earth science is, we have traveled ...