Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the major global ocean currents. The geological age of the currents plays a ...

For centuries, European powers dominated the globe, controlling empires that stretched across continents and oceans. One of the most astonishing facts in history is that Europe once ruled over 84% of ...

Beneath the ocean surface, a global mission is underway that could reshape our understanding of our planet. Inspired by Sir ...

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut at the ISS, has captivated the world with stunning Earth images.

The Earth as we know it today is the result of billions of years of geological activity, where continents have shifted, collided, and broken apart over time. But what did Earth look like in its early ...

If you've ever looked at a world map, you might notice a big, blue patch nestled between Europe, Asia, and Africa. That’s the Mediterranean Sea—a shimmering str ...

Far beneath the ocean's surface, where mountain belts rise and ancient oceanic crust lies hidden, a long-lost tectonic plate ...

The ancient history of Earth has always been hard to read. Most of the planet’s earliest crust has been lost, buried, or ...

June 22 marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the home of the historic Prime Meridian that is considered by many to be the birthplace of modern astronomy. To celebrate, we're ...

A 259-million-year-old fossil skull of Yinshanosaurus angustus has been found, filling a key evolutionary gap in ...

These movements push the plates to move a few centimeters per year, continuously reshaping the planet's surface over millions of years. This theory, formulated in the 1960s, revolutionized our ...