The enchanting dunescape stretches over 43 miles (70 km) along the coast and over 30 miles (50 km) inland. Lençois translates ...
NASA researchers have identified geological structures on Mars that are unlike anything found on Earth. From spider-like ...
Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...
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 ...
Scientists used aircraft and satellites to track biodiversity, helping improve conservation and space research.
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” ...
Tropical forests lose species due to humans, even inside protected areas. Scientists found that forests near people have ...
The idea for the time-lapse originated from a request to create an educational tool that would help students understand Earth's movement.
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.