Beaver dams are critical to river health and a source of biodiversity. They create wetlands, slow water and improve water quality. They also reduce flood peaks and delay runoff. But beaver dams are ...

The Great Unconformity is a major gap in Earth's geologic record. The missing layer between Precambrian and Cambrian rocks ...

It’s rare but some eclipses cause stunning Instagram-worthy visual effects like devil horns, a Cheshire cat smile or diamond ring in the sky.

Scientists at the University of Virginia and NASA have come up with a small, hand-held device that could be a big help to ...

Sunspots are cooler areas on the sun's surface that appear darker compared to their surroundings. These solar blemishes are ...

New research sheds light on what drives reddish water to emerge from underground to pour onto the Taylor Glacier.

Sometimes the geologic record obscures evidence of these important reversals in field direction, but statistical techniques ...

Scientists have proposed a surprising connection between solar flares and earthquakes. When solar activity disturbs the ionosphere, it may generate electric fields that penetrate fragile fracture ...

Deep in the Congo Basin, vast peatlands quietly store enormous amounts of Earth’s carbon — but new research suggests this ancient vault may be leaking. Scientists studying Africa’s largest blackwater ...

Elon Musk SpaceX AI satellites launch planned within two to three years as billionaire argues space offers lowest-cost AI ...

A closer look at Earth’s history shows that melting ice sheets temporarily increased stratification in the Southern Ocean.

Monarch butterflies that hatch in the spring and early summer live fast and die young at only two to six weeks. But those that emerge in late summer can survive six to nine months. That’s long enough ...