A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater ...

In this feature, explore the history of life on Earth as we know it today, from the earliest bacteria to the first modern humans. To launch the interactive, click on the image at left.— ...

For decades environmentalists have warned that ever-rising numbers of people and their impact on the Earth's finite resources ... To launch the interactive, click on the image at left.— ...

An interactive map developed by software engineer ... map in 1998 that charts how tectonic plates shifted throughout Earth's history. The planet's continents are constantly moving because of ...