A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia's Kuril Islands and Japan's large northern island of Hokkaido after a powerful, 8.8 ...

The Appalachian Mountains, with their ancient peaks and timeworn ridges, are a familiar sight in Eastern North America. But ...

Israel has continued to carry out daily strikes as its military offensive and blockade have led to the “worst-case scenario ...

A hot blob currently beneath the Appalachians may have peeled off from Greenland around 80 million years ago and moved to where it is today at a rate of 12 miles per million years, scientists have ...

President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central ...

Fears of a devastating tsunami across the Pacific were fading after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded has struck Russia's Far East, resulting in small tsunami waves in Japan and ...

Public libraries All branches of the New York Public Library — which serves Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island — will be closed Friday, July 4 through Sunday, July 6.