Travel brings many pleasures, but for those of us with an earth science background, it is a special treat to visit different ...

Scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), led by Professor Xiaoxiang Zhu, have published the ...

Oxygen began entering Earth's oceans around 2.32 billion years ago, and shallow seas followed within a few million years.

Researchers mapped exactly where buildings are in the world and how much space they take up. The result is a mind boggling ...

The island nation becomes Starlink’s latest market after a year of steady expansion across Africa, promising new digital ...

Astro-tourism is a niche form of tourism where visitors explore the night sky through stargazing events, guided tours, educational presentations and digital astronomy experiences. Unlike mass tourism, ...

Since being collared in Zambia two years ago, a young bull elephant known to researchers as Z16 has walked nearly 12,000 ...

Maps feel simple at first glance, but every now and then one forces you to pause and look again. The maps in this list play ...

Hamilton, the zoologist who dedicated his life to saving Africa’s elephants from systematic slaughter—despite being nearly ...

Researchers from the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences (APES) have contributed significantly to a major ...

When you think of the tallest mountains on Earth, Mount Everest probably comes to mind. But what if we told you that the real ...

From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D.