"I believe that Kumimanu is close to the upper limit of a flightless seabird and I do not expect substantially larger ...

Great apes began to diverge from other primates about 25 million years ago, according to eastern African fossil records.

One of the world's most active volcano is living up to its tagline. Kilauea on Hawaii's Big Island began erupting Wednesday, ...

A huge tsunami hit a cliff in Tonga 7000 years ago and carried a 1200-tonne boulder 200 metres inland, making it the biggest ...

Nearly a mile deep, the Pacific Ocean volcano known as Axial Seamount is drawing increasing scrutiny from scientists who only ...

Put simply, says the Nature Conservancy, 30x30 is the biggest conservation commitment the world has ever seen. Only about 17% of land and 8% of marine areas are currently under some form of ...

What’s the biggest city in the world? Your gut might say somewhere like New York, and it’s not a bad guess – with a population of more than 8,000,000, it’s far and away the most populous ...

Radia, a Colorado-based company, wants to build enormous aircraft to transport giant wind turbine blades. It’s betting that politics won’t get in the way. Share full article A rendering of ...

Western Sydney University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. The story goes that the late billionaire Australian media magnate Kerry Packer once visited a Las Vegas casino, where ...

The world’s largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from Antarctica toward the island of South Georgia. The iceberg, called A23a, was previously ...