This week, see what makes loggerhead sea turtles “dance,” track a cosmic “ghost particle,” uncover an ancient basilica, and ...

For a long time, scientists thought the Earth's inner core was a solid ball of metal, sort of like a planet within a planet ...

Scientists have discovered that loggerhead sea turtles can learn and remember the unique magnetic signatures of different ...

Earth's magnetic field dramatically flipped a little more than 40,000 years ago. We can now experience this epic upheaval, ...

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the ...

That’s quite a big gap, as it turns out. It covers fields from gigantic bodies like the Sun and Earth, as well as those ...

A new study out this week said that the Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought. Scientists still have ...

What is happening in Earth's inner core? Discover the implications of its deformation for seismic activity and navigation.

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their ...

Loggerhead turtles “dance” when exposed to food-associated magnetic fields, and their magnetic map may help them return to ...

But never fear — this shape-shifting won’t directly affect life on Earth. Over time, changes to this innermost layer could impact the planet’s magnetic field, which shields our world from ...