Earth has a flair for dramatic resets, though it usually takes millions of years to deliver them. Over its long history, life has been knocked back by volcanic eruptions, climate swings, changing seas ...

Photo credit: daisyferret1 The Whitewater Gorge is one of those geological features that makes you realize Indiana has way ...

The typical mental image of Illinois involves flat farmland stretching to infinity, maybe some Chicago skyscrapers if you’re feeling generous. Buffalo Rock State Park in Ottawa is about to shatter ...

The companies that drilled these cores were largely unaware that within these mudstones were fossils of microscopic organisms ...

A microscopic "plant destroyer" not only helped trigger one of the deadliest famines in modern history but also reshaped ...

Global warming extinctions usually have people picturing the last polar bears or other furry critters disappearing.

From the highest mountains to the deepest ocean, the driest desert to the lushest jungle, Earth displays a dazzling array of ...

The oldest eukaryotes we've found lived exclusively on the seafloor and already used oxygen. The discovery overturns certain long-held assumptions about the group while corroborating others.

Get ready for a biology lesson. Certain plants have extra sets of chromosomes. And it turns out, it's a useful trait for a ...

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