Africa gradually pulled apart along the East African rift, a slow tectonic shift that could have formed a new ocean and ...

Before the 2004 tsunami, researchers found traces of coral reef uplift on Simeulue Island, Aceh, which caused ancient ...

A hidden chunk of an ancient tectonic plate is stuck to the Pacific Ocean floor and sliding under North America, complicating ...

Nikon’s Small World in Motion competition offers a unique window into life under a microscope. A tardigrade, colloquially known as water bears, move around a volvox algae colony. Tardigrades are water ...

Three huge tectonic plates meet at the Mendocino triple junction off the coast of northern California, and a new study ...

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research finds. This early rocky shell featured chemical signatures previously ...

The ground under our feet is constantly moving, and to measure these movements, researchers have turned to an unlikely helper: quasars that are millions of light-years away. Hosted by: Stefan Chin ...

In the last two years, National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek traversed the Chinese countryside, marched along the Korean Demilitarized Zone and fended off grizzly bears in Alaska. Now, his ...

Audio Timeline Slider: Use the left or right arrow keys to decrease or increase the slider value. Developed in 2015 by researchers studying the effects of diet on brain function and cognitive decline, ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis child care center is pushing back against allegations of fraud after a viral video brought national scrutiny to its operations. The Quality Learning Center has operated on ...

A natural experiment in a national park in Patagonia shows how the return of a large predator can reshape an ecosystem. Long absent from Argentinian Patagonia due to over-hunting, pumas have returned ...