A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

Scientists have predicted that Earth will undergo a mass extinction in 250 million years, with extreme heat and rising CO2 ...

Long ago, all the continents were joined as one supercontinent called Pangaea. Over millions of years, tectonic ...

To find answers, a team of researchers studied North America’s fossil record, focusing on the 18 million years before the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. The new analysis ...

Yet new findings indicate that the planet might face this crisis if continents fuse into one landmass. Some researchers say it could be the first extinction of its kind since the dinosaurs vanished.

He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. But before Robinson was breaking records and barriers in the pro ranks, he was a star at the University of California, Los Angeles.

It was found that the marble slab had formed at an age when all seven continents were part of a supercontinent called Pangea. The extraordinary formation was discovered in a marble quarry belonging to ...

The troubled Callide C coal plant has suffered another major incident – described as an “explosion” or a “blast” – that will take one 420 megawatt (MW) unit offline for at least two ...

Our species’ arrival eventually pushed out the Neanderthals, the indigenous occupants of the continent before us. It was difficult to determine the precise timeline of events during this time, partly ...

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The Real ID deadline is looming, but what happens if you miss it? Real ID is an additional security measure mandated by federal law. Starting on May 7, anyone who wants access to commercial ...