Stories by OurAmazing Planet

Antarctica was flat, warm and crisscrossed with rivers before glaciers buzz-sawed its steep valley

It was already known that animals consume seeds in one location and excrete them in another where they can germinate, but now this process is confirmed to occur in eelgrass beds

New estimates of the February 8, 1843, Lesser Antilles earthquake revise its magnitude to 8.5 (from 7.8), and maps reveal that parts of Antigua subsided up to three meters

Black carbon particles from smoke plumes in the Arctic have covered glaciers, a circumstance that increases heat absorption and contributes to melting

Federal protection could slow the destruction of coral reefs, which are devastated by increasing water temperatures and the rise of ocean acidification

Experts predict 54 people will die by lightning strikes this year, down from 300 deaths in the early 1900s

Scientists are increasingly relying on cameras to count elusive and endangered species

The federally funded agency predicts where tropical cyclones will go and how strong they will be when they arrive. It never closes

Scientists from some of the areas hardest hit have now had time to evaluate the storm's dramatic geologic effects on their home states

A method known as "pattern informatics" scored as most reliable. This approach looks for anomalous increases and decreases in seismic activity

Diamonds from deep underground now reveal that the activities of life can have effects far beneath Earth's surface