Planet Earth

It's all about dinosaurs in this special edition of Future Genius: Discover the diversity amongst dinosaurs and learn all about how these prehistoric creatures lived.

For the first time, authorities have given a heat wave a name. Scientists hope that naming extreme heat events will help the public protect itself.

Ecologists say there are three explanations for the abundance of species in the tropics.

Panthalassa, a single world ocean surrounding the supercontinent Pangaea, would have stretched at least 1,800 miles (3,000 kilometers) wider than the Pacific.

Scientists detected the most powerful gigantic jet lightning bolt — a lightning bolt that shoots up out of a cloud into the ionosphere — ever.

Scientists found a huge field of hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise.

Earth has experienced five mass extinction events over its 4.5 billion-year history. A sixth mass extinction is underway as a result of human-driven climate change.

Chemical reactions in early Earth's crust may have provided oxygen to ancient microbes.

An unexploded WWII-era bomb was discovered in Italy's River Po as extreme drought lowers water levels across Europe.

Cavers have successfully navigated Australia's deepest cave and named it the "Delta Variant" after COVID-19.

A massive sinkhole measuring more than 100 feet across has opened on mining land in Chile, according to the government's geology mining service.

The atmospheric water vapor could also contribute to global warming.

There are about 1,350 potentially active volcanoes on Earth. Where are most of these volcanoes located?

Miners in Angola have uncovered the largest pink diamond found in more than 300 years, nicknamed the Lulo Rose.

Roads and buildings washed away, riverbanks undermined – a new National Park Service video shows the damage from the June 13 Yellowstone flood.

Here's a look at the world's largest cities by size, population and cultural impact.

The process is called lithospheric drip, and scientists have only recently begun wrapping their heads around it.

Quantum mechanics explains why the electrons can keep spinning indefinitely.