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

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

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

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

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

The latest findings, published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, confirm that the extreme event from 14,300 ...

At the end of the last ice age, the Earth was hit by the strongest solar storm ever known. If something similar occurred ...

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