Cultural traits—the information, beliefs, behaviors, customs, and practices that shape the character of a population—are ...

A volcano in eastern Indonesia has erupted at least a thousand times this month, according to an official report Sunday as ...

In flooded agricultural fields near the Tennessee River, tens of thousands of sandhill cranes stand tall among broken corn ...

Why do social injustices and ecological harms persist despite the powerful social movements that have arisen throughout ...

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing at rates that are incompatible with staying below 1.5 degrees Celsius (34.7 ...

Freshwater ecosystems cover less than 1% of Earth's surface, but are vital for life on this planet. New research reveals that ...

The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometers thick on average and covering nearly twice the ...

This week, scientists with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute reported that a key current, the Atlantic Meridional ...

In 333 BCE, near the small Pinarus River along the modern-day borders of Turkey and Syria, a fierce battle took place between ...

Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the solar system: the so-called Martian dichotomy, which has baffled scientists since it was discovered in the 1970s.

In an era of town-torching megablazes spewing smoke plumes visible from space, scientists say there is still a lot they don't know about the effects of extreme fire on people, nature and the climate.