New global stress map reveals areas where the Earth's crust is on the verge of collapse, doubling the data and changing earthquake management ...

USGS has unveiled its most detailed national geologic map, giving the public a free, interactive way to explore underground ...

The satellite photo said to show victims of a massacre in Sudan turns out to depict livestock near a watering site.

Ancient Greek cartographers, from Anaximander to Ptolemy, turned myth and measurement into world maps, shaping latitude and ...

Scientists find the DNA of a 300,000-year-old horse in Schöningen, driven to extinction by hunting, next to a wooden spear ...

Perspective is everything, but these curious maps might give a whole new approach to the weird and wonderful world that we ...

At a sprawling ceremonial complex in southern Mexico, archaeologists say they have identified a 3,000‑year‑old layout that appears to encode a vision of the universe in earth and stone. The site, ...

Researchers have launched the first coordinated plan to protect microbial biodiversity, calling attention to the “invisible 99% of life” that drives essential Earth systems. The IUCN has formally ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a geomagnetic storm watch due to more coronal mass ejections.

Magic Earth has recently received not one, not two, but several big updates, and all improve the experience on iPhone and ...

If you were up around 1 a.m. ET Thursday, you may have seen the northern lights when activity was high. But through the day ...