Peatlands around the globe hold more carbon than all the world’s forests, and yet new research reveals a much lower ...

To provide for the material power needs of Africans while also protecting the planet, experts say a balance is needed. Climate activists hold placards as they demonstrate, calling for climate ...

The scientists used their data to chart where and when plant species emerged or disappeared across Siberia and Alaska.

Purple Earth Hypothesis suggests Earth was once a purple planet. Early microbes used retinal, not chlorophyll, for ...

Animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world -- they are its architects. A new study has revealed how hundreds of species shape the landscapes we depend on, from vast termite mounds visible ...

Congress will need to work through the reconciliation process before American taxpayers will see Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) dividend checks, Stephen Miller, the White House deputy ...

Animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world—they are its architects. A new study led by Professor Gemma Harvey from ...

Since the first farmers tilled the soil more than 10,000 years ago, the plow has been the essential tool of human survival.

The discovery of a new species in the Andean cloud forests of northern Peru has reinforced the vital role of citizen science ...

Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully understand how life began to thrive on our planet until we figure it out ...

Wanna see a trick? Give us any topic and we can tie it back to the economy. At Planet Money, we explore the forces that shape our lives and bring you along for the ride. Don't just understand the ...

Narrator: 4 and a half billion years ago, clouds of cosmic dust and gas which were orbiting the Sun collided into one another, creating the Earth, our planet, the home of mankind. It spins at 1000 ...