New research reveals that Earth’s continents owe their stability to searing heat deep in the planet’s crust. At more than ...

Extreme heat deep in Earth’s crust forged the strong, stable continents that have endured for billions of years.

Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the ...

Long before industry, our ancestors faced toxic metals, including lead. This exposure may have shaped the evolution of human ...

It seemed that last year’s wildfire in Los Angeles had been extinguished safely after two days. But it had just gone ...

Throughout most of Earth's geological history, its paleoclimate has remained hospitable to life—largely thanks to continental ...

Japan's hot springs reveal how Earth's organisms survived the 'Great Oxidation Event' 2.3 billion years ago: Study A team from the Earth-Life Science Institute in Tokyo analyzed certain hot springs in ...

Yankees maintain share of AL East lead as Judge, Schlittler spark 6-1 win over Orioles NEW YORK (AP) Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Ryan McMahon hit early home runs off Tomoyuki Sugano, and the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge hits a two-run ...

“In what world is he the hero?” the tagline for “Peacemaker” Season 2 asks. The answer? Not a very good one. “Peacemaker” Season 2 follows John Cena’s titular vigilante as he retreats into a world ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected witness to Earth’s distant past: tiny iron oxide stones called ooids. These mineral snowballs lock away traces of ancient carbon, revealing that oceans between ...

Why it's incredible: The forest preserves some of the oldest trees in the world. The Cairo Fossil Forest is a unique collection of 385 million-year-old trees preserved in an abandoned quarry in ...