Earth Day started in 1970 when people — including Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson — brought attention to the impact oil spills, pollution and smog were having on the planet. "Then in January 1969, he ...

Happy Earth Day! For the 55th year, the world is using the day to celebrate Mother Nature and the wonderful planet we live on. "Earth Day really is a symbol of the environmental movement," Sarah ...

Pollen grains are far more than allergens — they are also nature’s time capsules, preserving clues about Earth’s past environments for millions of years. Pollen’s tough outer shell enables it to ...

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest — but an independent analysis shows they might be off by at least 800 million years. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Around 20,000 years ago, Earth was very, very cold. Global temperatures were 10 degrees Fahrenheit colder than they are today and most of North America was covered in ice. That ice was almost half a ...

The Earth is pretty good at keeping its pace. However, variations do happen. And on three separate days this summer—July 9, July 22, and August 5—the Earth will spin notably faster than usual. Of ...

Astronomers recently detected a stray quasi-moon in our planet’s orbit, but it's hardly the first stowaway to hang out around Earth. Unlike the Earth's moon, quasi-moons are not gravitationally bound ...