The Grand Canyon went through multiple changes over the years, and the meteor strike was one of the biggest events, along ...

A cow's tooth found at Stonehenge reveals chemical evidence linking its origin to Wales and the possible transport of animals ...

This article was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, an independent, nonprofit news organization, and is part of a special project on Food and Power in the West.

New reconstructions of 540 million years of climate history show the planet tumbling between icehouse and hothouse states, revealing how rare and vulnerable our temperate moment is.

Moving ice on early Earth exposed deep rocks, freed key elements, and nudged our planet toward conditions where complex life ...

Learn why fossil specimens once branded as marine reptiles are now being recognized as coelacanths that lived in shallow seas during the late Triassic.

Take their eyes, for instance. Daddy longlegs typically have two median eyes located on the front of the body — for comparison, spiders typically have eight eyes (though not always). But Guilherme ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — For decades, Portlanders have been accustomed to the yearly sight of Vaux's swifts swirling above the chimney at Chapman Elementary School, a punctuation on summer's end. But after a ...

PALMER — A Wasilla man is facing felony animal cruelty charges after authorities found more than a dozen dead animals, mostly rabbits and goats, on his property this summer, Alaska State Troopers said ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – More than 120 animals are now receiving better care after a large rescue by the Humane Society of Huron Valley. The animals were seized Friday, Sept. 5, from a woman who allegedly ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — More than 100 animals were rescued from the care of a woman with a history of animal cruelty-related convictions. The Humane Society of Huron Valley received an animal cruelty tip ...

More wild animals are getting infected with rabies, which poses a public health threat, officials warn. Around 75% of Americans are exposed to raccoons, skunks and foxes — the very wildlife that ...