A complete Cretaceous shellfish fossil. (University of Portsmouth) Nature has imbued its mothers with many surprisingly ...

At first, they looked like muddy chunks of ancient shell. But these 20-million-year-old fossil oysters had been slowly replaced with agate over time, creating hidden patterns inside the stone. When ...

For decades, humanity has searched the universe for signs of alien life — but some scientists warn that finding it may come ...

Rare 160-million-year-old sea spider fossils from Southern France look nearly identical to living species, revealing a body ...

From the column: "Nature is a drug, a temple, a gauge, a rudder, a therapist. What to do? Speak, write, sit in it, contribute ...

New Mexico's carved hoodoos, expansive badlands, and rising mesas feel like they belong in another world, far away from the American Southwest.

Photos of amazing, almost unreal places Who needs fantasy? Earth is full of “alien planets” and surreal beauty beyond ...

(Gerard Soury/The Image Bank/Getty Images) In an abyssal chasm yawning deep beneath the Indian Ocean, a vast 'city of the dead' has slowly been growing in the frigid darkness. Along some 1,200 ...

Nestled halfway up the coast of Maine, Acadia National Park is a true hidden gem of a national park in the U.S. You’ll find ...

Most people think New Jersey’s hidden gems are just really good pizza places or beaches that aren’t completely overrun with ...

At Drive-Thru Tree Park in Leggett, that’s exactly what you get to do with the famous Chandelier Tree. This giant coast redwood has a tunnel carved right through its base that’s big enough for your ...

12 years is a long wait to play the sequel to one of your favourite games of all time. During that decade-plus stretch, I’ve re-played the original Alien: Isolation multiple times, analysed its ...