Snakes have adapted to nearly every continent on Earth, thriving in a range of habitats, from steaming rainforests to arid ...

In virtually every piece of land on Earth—from near the summit of Mount Everest to Antarctica to caves nearly 2,000 meters ...

Memorizing seven continents feels settled, like learning the alphabet. A new study argues the ground rules are less tidy.

Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests ...

The Gist: Will Smith is about to disembark from this ship, on his first visit to Antarctica. It’s part of his journey to all ...

Before Pangea ever existed, Earth already pulled off a massive experiment called Nuna, and it quietly changed life forever.

Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests.

Scientists tracking Earth’s water from space discovered that El Niño and La Niña are synchronizing floods and droughts across ...

Australia’s ancient rocks are acting like natural clocks, revealing how landscapes changed over billions of years through ...

From global volcanic events to past El Niño circulations to the presence of microbial life, scientists at NCPOR have been ...

Will Smith travels "Pole to Pole" across all seven continents in National Geographic's new docu-series, premiering January 13 ...

Scientists say Africa is gradually breaking apart along the East African Rift. The process is slow, but it could one day ...