The enchanting dunescape stretches over 43 miles (70 km) along the coast and over 30 miles (50 km) inland. Lençois translates ...

Earth is home to some truly mind-boggling landscapes, from salt-covered deserts to giant, underwater waterfalls. Geological and biological processes, together with climates and inevitable wear-and ...

A rock sample used to reexamine Earth's pre-GOE "whiff of oxygen" spans the Archean and Paleoproterozoic time periods. This illustration depicts what the Earth might have looked like billions of ...

For more than 150 years, scientists have debated whether Prototaxites—which stood roughly 24 feet tall and 3 feet wide—were an early lichen or fungus, like a “giant mushroom” ...

Scientists used aircraft and satellites to track biodiversity, helping improve conservation and space research.

The idea for the time-lapse originated from a request to create an educational tool that would help students understand Earth ...

A new study in Chile shows how small differences in rock type can drive large differences in erosion, vegetation, and river networks, illuminating the role of mineralogy in shaping landscapes.

By depositing substantial piles of dung, vicuñas are speeding up plant colonization on freshly deglaciated terrain.

University of Chicago paleontologist and author Neil Shubin has been on multiple expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica. Those trips have produced groundbreaking discoveries about the evolution of ...

Whether it’s a full landscaping project or just adding a sprinkler system, there are tools that can help speed up the work. Keep reading to learn how mechanical earth drills and mini-trenchers ...