How did complex life survive when Earth was frozen over? Scientists say tiny meltwater ponds on ancient ice may have been the ...

Earth has not always been so hospitable to live. During several ice ages, the planet's surface was almost completely frozen ...

When the Earth froze over, where did life shelter? MIT scientists say one refuge may have been pools of melted ice that ...

Research ships rarely brave the Greenland Sea in winter. Early this year, scientists ventured into the ice-covered waters to ...

Human activities have significantly impacted Earth, leading to environmental disasters like the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone and the Great Pacific Garbage ...

The ESA's Mars Express probe has captured a striking image of Deuteronilus Cavus, a crater rich in insights. Located in a ...

Long before the Great Lakes came to define the heart of North America, a much larger lake once ruled the land. Lake Agassiz, ...

The icy surface of Jupiter 's moon Europa appears to be constantly changing, new data from the James Webb Space Telescope has ...

It's difficult to overstate just how surprisingly early to the party this water may have been. “This suggests that water, the primary ingredient for life, existed even before the building blocks of ...

Eco anxiety is very real, so we share this year's most uplifting stories to prove there’s hope for our climate.

A new study proposes that seeding the orb’s underground ocean with microbes might help us learn how to make other worlds habitable ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — With 75% of our planet covered in water, the Palm Beach Zoo is proudly celebrating Earth Day by promoting the importance of clean water conservation. Visitors at the zoo ...