All kinds of animals use conspicuous colors, from flashy reds to startling yellows and oranges. It’s a quirk of evolution ...

Earth and environmental sciences cover all aspects of Earth and planetary sciences, and broadly encompasses solid Earth processes, surface and atmospheric dynamics, Earth system history, climate ...

The report stresses the urgency of protecting biodiversity. It highlights the need for a deeper connection between people and ...

An international group of scientists, led by King’s College London, has revealed how continued global warming will lead to ...

The Bennu discovery helps to illuminate how, early in the Solar System’s history, asteroids and other planetary building blocks were not just “lumps of stone and ice, but active ‘living’ objects”, ...

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds.

The polar regions are the coldest places on Earth. During the summer, the poles receive 24 hours of sunlight, but during the winter the sun is rarely visible. Animals that inhabit nature’s freezers ...