Earth
Early-stage research points to bioengineering as a promising way to buy time for arid ecosystems.
The hurricane season is just getting started and the storms are predicted to have a big impact this year.
Fossils dating more than about 540 million years old are extremely rare. That's why a newly discovered ancient deposit is so valuable.
New research suggests that national monument designations have not harmed local economies, and in some ways they may have helped.
The first fracking-induced earthquake to claim human lives shows why magnitude may underestimate the danger such earthquakes pose.
Researchers examined some of the oldest rocks in western Greenland to probe the beginnings of today’s continents.
As the air travel industry grows, we need to find alternative jet fuels that have less of an impact on the planet.
Bacteria in one of the most extreme places on Earth point toward past life on Mars.
A month's worth of cool science stories summed up.
The Saffir-Simpson scale relies on wind to categorize a hurricane, but it doesn't account for storm surge or flooding.
Heat is the number one cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S.