Loggerhead turtles are able to sense the Earth's magnetic field in two ways, but it wasn't clear which sense the animals use to detect the magnetic ...

A new study details the loggerheads’ ability to “map” their position by using the Earth’s magnetic field, with possible ...

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, ...

Barrington’s route to Google wasn’t straightforward. Originally from Dublin, he moved to the US in the early 2000s for a PhD ...

A new system could overhaul maps that misclassify hundreds of thousands of smallholder coffee and cacao farmers as working in ...

This week brings new releases from Joy Williams, Simon Winchester and Tracy K. Smith, among other talented writers.

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

On the surface, ARC Raiders doesn't appear to have much of a story, but players who peel back the layers will find a ...

Discover how ARPA Comunidades safeguards the Amazon and empowers communities with sustainable solutions for nature and people ...

Had one hoped to leave a time capsule for today’s Bostonians in the Permian period 250 million years ago, much less the Pliocene epoch four million years ago , they would have been completely, utterly ...

A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...