Along parts of the Western Australian coast, large shells sometimes lie half buried in tidal mud. They belong to Syrinx aruanus, known as the Australi.

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When a mountain guide's client asks him to drive a billy goat toward him, the guide weighs his life against his job.

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When a stone sits on the Earth’s surface, cosmic rays quietly pepper it, leaving behind rare isotopes like tiny time stamps.

Subspecies driven to extinction by hungry whalers returns after ‘back breeding’ programme using partial descendants ...

Scroll long enough, and you will see barnacles portrayed all over social media as ocean troublemakers. People violently scrape them off ship hulls and sea turtles like they are the problem. In reality ...

From Lake Superior cliffs to quiet mountain overlooks, these Upper Peninsula view spots deliver the kind of scenery that makes every stop worth it.

More than a million giant skate eggs are discovered incubating in the heat of an underwater Pacific Ocean volcano.