One of the world’s most famous artists, his signature black-and-white images were marked by a deep interest in impoverished ...

A storm as ferocious as the one of 12,350 BC would likely cause complete mayhem if it were to strike Earth and its ...

Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue foretells of a miraculous child who is to bring a new golden age of peace, renewal, and cosmic ...

Smithsonian researchers trekked to a remote site in northern Canada to collect four-billion-year-old rock samples that could ...

A solar radiation storm struck Earth 14,300 years ago, showering the planet with high-energy particles and leaving a spike in ...

The world's two gigantic ice sheets are in greater peril from global warming than previously thought, a study published May 20 says.

Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado, known for his award-winning images of nature and humanity, has died at age 81.

It is one of Alaska’s favorite Mother’s Day traditions, getting up close and personal with animals that have survived the ice ...