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 ...

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

Understanding the Mystique of Magnetic Pole Shifts Magnetic pole shifts, a subject shrouded in both fascination and fear, ...

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

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

Earth’s core is transforming, which could affect the length of our 24-hour day, Earth’s magnetic field, and more ...

Sea turtles navigate using Earth's magnetic field like a GPS. Scientists found they learn and remember magnetic locations.

In the vast, featureless expanse of the open ocean, how does a sea turtle find its way? For loggerhead turtles, the answer ...

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

Earth’s magnetic field is detected by species across the animal kingdom, but new research suggests that sea turtles may be ...

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

Loggerhead sea turtles ( Caretta caretta) are pretty loyal marine reptiles. Even with their roughly 8,000-mile-long ...