Following the removal of four dams from the Klamath River, which flows through California and Oregon, a group of young ...

Old Dominion graduate student Mauricio Gonzalez works on Rich Whittecar’s research on sand dunes at First Landing on Thursday. They dig deep into the sand to get samples that are old enough and ...

Hidden away in the northwestern corner of Illinois, where the landscape suddenly decides flat is boring, lies a cascading ...

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

Evidence of algae growth and climate simulations reveal the Arctic had seasonal ice, not a permanent ice shelf, for much of the past 750,000 years. These insights challenge long-standing theories. For ...

A new map shows hidden Martian rivers stretching thousands of miles, offering fresh evidence of a warm, wet ancient Mars.

The journey helped save Jamestown – and inspired Shakespeare! We asked Virginia Humanities for insight into the voyage of the Sea Venture. Here are excerpts from the organization's Encyclopedia ...

The idea, known as deep-sea mining, could provide the metals like copper, nickel and cobalt which are needed for the green technology used in electric car batteries and other renewable energy.

Giant mounds of sand discovered beneath the North Sea off Norway may scramble what we know about a key geological process.