Stewart Copeland, acclaimed drummer for The Police, teamed up with naturalist Martyn Stewart for a pioneering album featuring ...

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The world’s oceans are home to an incredible range of life, from massive predators to small, unusual creatures that thrive in extreme environments. In this video, we’ll explore a variety of marine ...

Mawsynram, a small village located in the state of Meghalaya, has the distinction of being the wettest place on Earth, with an enormous amount of rainfall occurring there each year. For most of us, ...

The bacteria that cause deadly anthrax disease persist in the earth, a place their ancestors preferred over petri dishes and blood-filled tissues. The bacteria that cause anthrax are called Bacillus ...

State of the Climate report finds Earth’s energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat Our home planet is struggling with a record energy imbalance, ...

A paleontologist from The University of Texas at Austin has discovered the fossilized remains of Ice Age animals that have never been found in Central Texas before—and he came across the bones while ...

When James Prescott Joule lent his name to a unit of energy, he could not have foreseen today’s alarming calculations The primary unit of climate collapse is the zettajoule. If you have never heard of ...

Earth’s history spans 4.5 billion years, and throughout this vast timeline, our planet has been home to creatures so strange they seem ripped from the pages of science fiction. From ancient seas ...

Environments are littered with the DNA of the creatures that inhabit them. Analyzing it could provide a real-time view of how our planet is changing. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...