Genetics

For billions of years, the continents have cruised across Earth’s surface like tectonic vessels, but they have not survived unscathed. […]

In 2023, a new type of apple made its commercial debut at a trade show in Berlin. The Tutti is

Shorelines worldwide have always been vulnerable to coastal erosion, a phenomenon rendered more ominous by rising sea levels that accompany

Turning to StoneMarcia BjornerudFlatiron Books, $28.99 Marcia Bjornerud sits in the basement of a soon-to-be-demolished building at Lawrence University in

One of the world’s richest biodiversity hot spots is Peru’s Madre de Dios, a region of the Amazon nestled at

This video was supported by funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. TRANSCRIPT Maria Temming: In 2021, a historic heat

Long dry spells can give a lethal fungal disease a lift. While California droughts can temporarily keep cases of valley

Over the last 485 million years, Earth has been both a lot colder and a lot hotter than once thought.

For the first time, scientists have measured a long-sought global electric field in the Earth’s atmosphere. This field, called the

A barrage of intense, wild swings in climate conditions may have fueled the largest mass extinction in Earth’s history. A