From dormant volcanoes and salt pans to urban forests and library gardens, these are the places we go for peace and quiet.

The film takes us on a journey through humanity’s evolving view of our home planet—from ancient beliefs that the Earth was flat and supported by gigantic elephants and turtles, to the scientific ...

Never has the phrase "good things come in small packages" been so accurate. Rhode Island might be the nation's smallest state ...

A colossal squid was filmed for the first time in its natural habitat near the South Sandwich Islands during a recent ...

New Curtin-led research has revealed that water played a far bigger role than previously thought in shaping Earth's first ...

This 2024 astronaut photo shows the striking colors of Iraq's Razazah Lake, surrounded by a host of strangely circular fields.

Cal Fire released new fire hazard severity maps for Southern California on Monday, March 24, the final piece in a 2025 statewide rollout. While Cal Fire mapped “very high” wildfire zones under ...

Launceston and Bendigo are the only Australian cities recognised by UNESCO as Cities of Gastronomy, a list that includes ...

The Flint Hills National Scenic Byway stretches 47 miles of pure, unadulterated American heartland that’ll make you question ...

Yellowstone volcanism has produced some of the youngest rocks in North America. This same region also features some of the ...

An image of the Milky Way captured by the MeerKAT radio telescope array puts the James Webb Space Telescope’s image of the Sagittarius C region in context. The MeerKAT image spans 1,000 light ...

The Tan Suo Yi Hao can map the ocean floor ... in undersea oceanography off the Australian coast (including the Southern Ocean). “This would support submarine operations in wartime, mining ...