Eleven-year-old Touren Pope was hunting for rocks in southwest Wyoming when he came across the fossil of a soft-shelled ...

To this day, the oceans are still one of the most mysterious places on the planet. Because they cover a whopping 70% of the ...

Seashells tend to appear quietly. After the tide pulls back, they are just there, mixed into the sand, sometimes whole, sometimes worn thin. They do not look like remains at first. More like leftovers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Much of the Palestinian territory of Gaza has been devastated by the war triggered by the Hamas militant group's unprecedented ...

Shell and INEOS Energy have struck oil at a deepwater exploration well in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, confirming a new discovery in the high-pressure Norphlet formation. Shell and INEOS Energy said the ...

Formation Bio is inking a deal worth more than $600 million in biobucks for ex-China rights to a next-gen immunology asset from Lynk Pharmaceuticals. Lynk’s program will be developed by Formation’s ...

New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon, came from closer to the sun. Artist’s impression of the collision between ...

The tectonic plates are among the most powerful forces on Earth, exerting tremendous influence over every single life that unfolds on this planet. They are both creators and destroyers, capable of ...

For years, astronomers have been on the hunt for the first generation of stars, primordial relics of the early universe. And now they may have just found them. Ari Visbal from the University of Toledo ...

Potholes are a major road problem that automakers including Tesla are trying to solve. They're particularly bad if your car happens to hit one. The word "pothole" is based on "pot," which is a ...