As scientists had feared, the National Science Foundation announced it was canceling the U.S. Antarctic research program for this year because of the ongoing government shutdown.
The Earth performed the ultimate magic trick last week, making an island appear out of nowhere.
The surface of ancient Mars may have been rocked repeatedly by giant supervolcanoes, which unleashed colossal and explosive eruptions that forever changed the face of the Red Planet, scientists say.
A new island that popped up off the coast of Pakistan following a deadly, 7.7-magnitude quake on Tuesday has been belching poisonous gas and killing fish.
A new island appeared off Pakistan after a deadly 7.7-magnitude quake struck Tuesday afternoon in Baluchistan province's Awaran district -- a dirt-poor expanse of land that is roughly the size of...
North America's tallest peak just got shorter.
The world's largest volcano lurks beneath the Pacific Ocean, researchers have announced.
The bizarre circular patches of bare land called "fairy circles" in the grasslands of Africa's Namib Desert have defied explanation, with hypotheses ranging from ants to termites to grass-killing...
Looking beyond disaster tourism to volcanic hot springs and lava-roasted marshmallows.
Long ago, when the Earth had only one continent and one ocean, an earthquake rippled through western North America's great sand sea.
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