Earth

About 80 percent of Earth's biomass is plant life, with humans about equal to krill way down the heft chart.    

A barrage of impacts more than four billion years ago is linked to ancient stones found in Canada

The Michigan Scientific Literacy Survey of 2017 found that last year's total solar eclipse got Americans more interested in celestial science.   

Whale ancestors probably never had teeth and baleen at the same time, and only developed baleen after trying toothlessness and sucking in prey.

CFCs, the harmful ozone-depleting chemicals banned back in the 1980s, are experiencing a mysterious comeback

Shark researchers used a system for recognizing patterns in star field photographs to identify whale sharks, which have individual spot patterns.

Visitors can see and learn about sharks and their environment in the new "Ocean Wonders: Sharks!" facility at the Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium.

From a'a to vog, a guide to the terminology used to describe the ongoing eruption of Kilauea

It’s about this beautiful, messy, funny, tragic planet and the terrible, wonderful humans who live here

Whether inside or outdoors, looking up or digging down, the summer is full of textbook-free ways to enjoy some science

The eruption is the Central American nation’s deadliest since 1902

People need to understand the technology’s limitations to avoid misinterpreting what they see