The tropical rainforest is the most biodiverse biome on Earth, housing an astonishing variety of species due to its unique ...

What roils beneath the Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution. In ...

Scientists have just uncovered the oldest fossilized rainforest ever found in the U.S., offering an unprecedented look into ...

Wolfgang and Gabriele von der Burg and their son, Philip, were looking for a place where they could all live together when they found 130 acres of land on a peninsula in British Columbia. Over the ...

Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a scientist said. By Rebecca Dzombak When lightning strikes a tree in ...

An online lecture by Dr Alexandro Solórzano (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) for the Environmental History Research Seminar Series. Please note: this is an online only event.

Have you ever bitten into a samosa only to discover that while the outer layer is crisp and golden, the inner filling is undercooked? That unevenness throws off the taste entirely — leaving you ...

The Celo blockchain's long-awaited plan of becoming an Ethereum layer-2 chain has been completed, ending an almost two-year process, the main organizations behind the network said Wednesday.

Powerful volcanic eruptions often deposit layers of ash and rock around fossils, forming distinct volcanic layers above and below them. Since these volcanic layers of the recently uncovered sites ...

If you buy something from a Polygon link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Haymitch Abernathy, Katniss and Peeta’s mentor from the first trilogy, narrates the events of ...