The night lizards may have been the only terrestrial vertebrates that survived in the region of the asteroid impact 66 ...

A night lizards of the family Xantusiidae survived the giant asteroid strike that ended the reign of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago near the epicenter of the impact. Remarkably, these reptiles ...

Here’s what to look for in the July night sky. The globular cluster Messier 22 (M22) reaches its highest point in the sky ...

Much of North America, Europe and Australia were close to the equator, whereas Africa and South America were at higher southern latitudes. The ring would have been around the equator.

We’ve searched out the most spectacular overnight train routes, each offering budget and climate-friendly travel between the ...

Find out the best stops along Route 66 on a Chicago to Los Angeles (or Los Angeles to Chicago) driving trip across the USA.

Monroeville proudly calls itself the “Literary Capital of Alabama” with good reason. This small town was home to Harper Lee, ...

The Estuarium at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab showcases the four key habitats of coastal Alabama. Kids love touching stingrays and starfish in the touch pools, while parents pretend not to be equally ...

Their paper, entitled ‘Secondary cratering on Earth: The Wyoming impact crater field,’ was published in the Geological Society of America bulletin on Friday, Feb. 11.

Small and elusive night lizards probably persisted because they have slow metabolisms and like to hide out in rock crevices, ...

But if it hits, the resulting crater could be visible from Earth with the right telescope, and would offer a rare real-time look at how these features form. We’ll know more in 2028, when the ...

Remember that “city-killer” asteroid that was expected to land in Pakistan by 2032? Well, there's good news that it won't hit Pakistan, but the bad news is that it will now likely hit the Moon. The ...