For more than 100,000 years, coastal communities have harvested abalone (genus Haliotis). These gastropods, which are found ...

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Nature is nothing short of magical. From glowing blue waves to thunder that rolls like a war drum, every corner of our planet ...

Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy. The celestial object is emitting X-rays around the ...

The ocean hides some of the most terrifying natural phenomena on Earth, capable of turning calm waters into deadly traps within moments. From mysterious underwater vortices like the Baltic Sea anomaly ...

Watch the contenders and controversy surrounding the 'new' seven wonders » Voting at the Web site, www.new7wonders.com, ended at 6 p.m. ET Friday. Traffic was so heavy Friday that the site was ...

President Theodore Roosevelt fell in love with it. Even to this day, this natural wonder still stuns those who gaze at its marvelous cascades.

Working as a merchant in 16th century Antwerp, Joris Hoefnagel saw the world through the medium of trade. He encountered ...

An analysis of landscape features and of river deposits preserved in caves point to an event 2.1 million years ago that triggered the formation of Hells Canyon.

Freeze–thaw cycles in an icy pond could let an enzyme copy RNA double helices indefinitely — suggesting one way in which evolution could have begun.