Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state. Here is why Wednesday’s earthquake was notable
Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that
Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that
Author and historian Iain MacGregor profiles a diverse range of players in his latest book about the
For 37 years in a searing California desert, runners from across the globe have embarked on a 135-mi
Researchers report that eight healthy babies were born with the help of an experimental technique th
It’s another meteoric rise for what’s called the largest piece of Mars on Earth. The 54-
Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming around a baby sun-like star.
At Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, a half-dozen workers are making what appear to be gra
A volcanic eruption in southwestern Iceland has once again forced the evacuation of tourists at the
Some dolphins in Australia use sponges on their noses to hunt fish, a skill passed down through gene
MP Materials, the operator of the only rare earths mine in the United States, has signed a $500 mill
Canada’s wildfire season is off to an intense start. A NASA satellite has recorded thousands of ho
The Brazilian archaeologist who discovered hundreds of prehistoric cave paintings in northeastern Br
An adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally is back in the Atlantic Ocean, months after ha
Federal prosecutors have charged two Chinese researchers with smuggling a crop-killing fungus into t
Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were
Two scientists from China have been charged in Michigan in what the FBI says was an effort to bring
Final results from a long-running U.S.-based experiment show a tiny particle continues to act strang
Mount Etna has again captivated the world with a spectacular show. The volcano that towers over east
A new report says that a record 38 million metric tons of sargassum piled up across the Caribbean an
Growing season in many neighborhoods brings an onslaught of lawnmowers, leaf blowers and other power
Scientists say a new planetarium show about the Milky Way has helped them unlock one of the solar sy
Sicily’s Mount Etna has put on a fiery show, sending a cloud of smoke and ash miles into the air,