Researchers at the University of Liverpool have discovered that the Amazon river, and its transcontinental drainage, is around 11 million years old and took…
A new analysis of jade found along the Motagua fault that bisects Guatemala is underscoring the fact that this region has a more complex geologic history than…
The deep ocean floor beyond the reach of sunlight provides one of nature’s most impressive light shows. Scientists from Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute…
Evidence for life on Earth stretches back billions of years, with simple single-celled organisms like bacteria dominating the record. When multi-celled animal…
The concentrations of these types of fossils and the composition of their shells can provide much information about the conditions of life thousands or even…
Something slammed into Jupiter in the last few days, creating a dark bruise about the size of the Pacific Ocean.The bruise was noticed by an amateur astronomer…