Octavia Butler imagined a Los Angeles, consumed by fires, and last week, the cemetery where the iconic author is buried caught fire amid the ongoing wildfires impacting communities across Southern ...

Modeling dinosaur evolution points researchers to potential fossil discoveries closer to the equator.

Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

Ahead of the spring semester, nine students traveled to Washington, D.C., and Jackson, Mississippi, as part of a community-engaged learning trip led by the Swearer Center and in partnership with ...

The mystery behind the origins of the dinosaurs may have been given a new twist, with a modeling study suggesting they may have evolved in what is today equatorial Africa and South America. This would ...

Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through a series of ...

Joe Velaidum and his partner, Laura Kelly, set out to walk their dog when their doorbell camera captured a meteorite striking their front walkway — where Velaidum had been standing moments before.

How feminism and debates about women riding horses helped produce first, horse-girl stories, and then dragon-babe fiction.

Books about a family’s exploration of the natural world, the challenges of parenthood during a time of climate crisis and how animals perceive the planet have won $10,000 ...

A new study provides compelling new evidence that a colossal 'megaflood' refilled the Mediterranean Sea, ending a period during which the Med was a vast expanse of salt flats. The study suggests the ...

We're merging onto the "dinosaur highway"! Dan Smith has the tale of one discovery across the pond, 166 million years in the ...