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Evolution is the way groups of life-forms change over time to better fit the places they live.It is why life takes "such ...

Barely 10 percent of doctoral degrees in the geosciences go to recipients of color. The lack of diversity limits the quality of research, many scientists say. By Emma Goldberg When Arianna Varuolo ...

Our brains can spot real biodiversity using sight and sound alone, according to scientists studying how humans perceive nature.

Remarkable images capture the diversity of Earth's ice formations. Story by Liz Else • 2mo. By Liz Else. A giant, impossible icicle. Starkly exposed mountain slopes.

For generations very few people bothered much about looking after the world around them. The general feeling was that since the world was full of a multitude of resources, they were just there, ...

Microbiota Vault Initiative preserves crucial microbes from humans, animals, and environments to prevent future health crises ...

Species diversity on Earth had been increasing over a period of roughly 30 million years, but that would come to a halt as water began to freeze in a massive ice cap towards the south pole.

Earth Remarkable images capture the diversity of Earth's ice formations. In the new photographic collection Our Frozen Planet, Michael Hambrey and Jürg Alean set out to celebrate the world's ice ...