Record-breaking Midwest rainfall washed tons of fertilizer and sewage water out to sea, contributing to a devastatingly large patch of polluted water, scientists say.

Paleobotanist Scott Wing stands in wintry Wyoming badlands, where alligators swam 56 million years ago.

The Earth's biodiversity is decreasing at a faster rate than ever before. Why is this happening?

"We are living climate change right now."

Storms in the North Atlantic are lingering longer near the coast, leading to significantly more rainfall.

As the Earth's magnetic north pole heads towards Siberia, concerns have been raised that the northern lights could move with it.

You may have heard the news of what sounds like a resurrection story on the small island of Aldabra, off the coast of Madagascar. Around 136,000 years ago, the island was submerged in water and a layer of limestone captured the rails—a species of flightless bird—living there. The birds (and all other land species living on the island) went extinct. Recently, though, scientists reported that the bones of these fossilized rails are virtually indistinguishable from rails living on the island today. They are calling this an instance of iterative evolution—where the same species evolves multiple, distinct times.

Newly discovered billion-year-old fossilised fungi are more than twice as old as previous finds, and suggest that fungi may have been preparing Earth's lands for plant life for millions of years.

Rock samples from the island suggest it’s a strange hybrid that represents a whole new way for the planet to make volcanoes.

Film is sci-fi, but its premise may one day be true. Could we move Earth to a wider orbit?

Beneath the island’s rainforest, explorers search for new discoveries deep within some of the Earth’s largest, longest, and wildest caves.

A phenomenon called "plant blindness" means we tend to underappreciate the flora around us. That can have disastrous consequences not only for the environment, but human health.

Revealed by powerful earthquakes, the subterranean structures offer exciting new clues to why our planet is a chemical oddball.

Millions more people could be exposed to mosquito-borne diseases in coming years amid global warming, experts say.

Dr Camilla Whittington from the University of Sydney has witnessed a three-toed skink lay eggs and give birth to live young from the same pregnancy. Find out what this world-first observation could mean for research into the evolution of pregnancy.

The Eye of the Sahara is a unique geological formation in the Western Sahara that began forming hundreds of millions of years ago.

Glyphosate – the most used pesticide ever – damages the good bacteria in honeybee guts, making them more prone to deadly infections

A new study looked at sea, rock, and lake salt sold around the world. Here’s what you need to know.

The grove of 47,000 quivering aspen trees in Utah is being diminished by mule deer, foraging cattle and human mismanagement.

They live thousands of feet below the Earth’s surface. They eat hydrogen and exhale methane. And they may shape our world more profoundly than we can imagine.

If you follow environmental news, every day it seems like the world is getting worse. One landmark study found that animals are going extinct 1,000 times faster than their natural rate because of human influence and habitat loss.

"After being defrosted, the nematodes showed signs of life. They started moving and eating."

Delegates from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Ecuador to discuss efforts to repair the ozone layer, and the return of a banned chemical will be on the agenda.

A selection of entries from this year’s competition, which is open for submissions until November 15

Chicxulub Puerto, Mexico, is the centre of the impact crater that scientists believe was made when the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs smashed into the Earth’s surface.

A decade ago, the U.S. mandated the use of vegetable oil in biofuels, leading to industrial-scale deforestation — and a huge spike in carbon emissions.

What does it mean for the rest of life on Earth?

It has eight arms, three hearts — and a plan. Scientists aren’t sure how the cephalopods got to be so intelligent.

There’s not much to be grateful for after the great Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count this year. The three-week volunteer effort in California dispatches scores of volunteers to hunt in their woods, backyards, and fields in search for the colorful migrating butterfly.

Fifty years ago people saw our planet from the outside for the first time.

A fifth of Earth’s geologic history might have vanished because planet-wide glaciers buried the evidence.

Perihelion, the closest point of earth to the sun 147,100,035 km happens shortly on 2019-Jan-03 at around 9.33 am GMT

Formally known as Achatinella apexfulva, the 14-year-old Hawaiian tree snail was the last of its kind on the planet.

The extravagant splendor of the animal kingdom can’t be explained by natural selection alone — so how did it come to be?