Radioactive materials are found naturally in the Earth. But even so, saying an area is radioactive can conjure up images of ...

Back then, it was a regional list, conceived as an objective way to determine which mountains in the Indonesian archipelago would probably be worth attempting to hike at weekends. We developed the ...

Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their ...

New findings explain the Phoenix cluster's mysterious starburst. Data confirm the cluster is actively cooling and able to generate a huge amount of stellar fuel on its own.

The Nullarbor is riddled with wombat burrows. New research shows a way to detect these from space using high-resolution ...

Is it the Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf of America? The answer may depend on where you live. Here's a look at how we collectively agree what a place is called ...

NASA scientists used satellite measurements to map out local subsidence and uplift across the Golden State, which plays into ...

For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination ...

Scientists discover turtles use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their favorite spots, proving animals can ...

Loggerhead turtles “dance” when exposed to food-associated magnetic fields, and their magnetic map may help them return to specific areas after long migrations.

A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides the first empirical evidence that loggerhead sea turtles can learn and remember the unique magnetic signatures ...