The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but scientists say we have barely scratched the surface of what lives in ...

I just can’t believe the life that’s disappeared.” Today, the seaweed is depleted by the burgeoning kina population due to a ...

Using advanced computer simulations, researchers have reconstructed the geological past of the region, uncovering a ...

As the planet warms, Antarctica's ice sheet is melting and contributing to sea-level rise around the globe. Antarctica holds ...

Few other scientific drilling ships exist – and none of this caliber. There is Japan’s Chikyū with a maximum drilling depth of 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) and there was the US-owned JOIDES Resolution ...

New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, ...

Flying over the massive iceberg, it's indistinguishable from the horizon. But as it melts, chunks of ice risk floating ...

New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted by an asteroid collision ...

If perfection had a country, it would be Switzerland. From its snow-capped Alps to its fairytale villages, Switzerland looks ...

Science and technology editor Tom Clarke has been flying over A23a, the world's largest iceberg, and seen first-hand its vast scale, its cracks and the dangers it could pose to wildlife and shipping ...

Now in its 10th year, Nairobi Design has chosen this theme to enable those attending to interact with our past, and present ...

Environmentalists warn that the Earth is running a fever and, with the latest NOAA firings, we’ve begun sacking the doctors.