The summit pyramid of Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth, is built from the remains of creatures that lived on an ...

A new Spinosaurus species uncovered in northern Niger by Paul Sereno and colleagues appears to have been a wading predator of fish like its close ...

Central Asia's rugged terrain was shaped by the ancient Tethys Ocean, not climate change or mantle flows, according to new research. This massive ocean's tectonic forces reactivated old fault lines, ...

As the Earth's crust shifted and groaned over millions of years, something extraordinary happened beneath the surface. Deep inside the planet, hot rock began rising. Over time, this invisible force ...