Science

Earthquakes can originate at various depths beneath the Earth’s surface — even hundreds of miles deep — but shallower earthquakes can be more destructive. 

Typically, aftershocks are a full magnitude unit lower than the initial quake, according to seismologists. Not this time.

Police have often been important intermediaries in environmental protests. In a forest outside Atlanta, they were opponents.

From new boosters to replacing old workhorses to the first flight of a rocket billed as the tallest and most powerful ever built, here’s what is on the horizon.

Its official tally is 92.

Also known as ice quakes or cryoseisms, the seismic events are caused by a sudden fracturing or cracking action in frozen ground, soil or rock that is saturated with water or ice.

A new study sheds light on the embalming process — and the ancient trade links that made it all possible.

The move — which isn’t final — drew immediate anger from environmentalists who saw it as a betrayal of the president’s pledges to reduce carbon emissions.

The Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale accepted Bobbi Wilson’s donation of her lantern fly collection.

The male northern quoll can walk more than 6 miles in a single night in the search of a mate, leading to exhaustion that can prove fatal, according to a new study.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, is currently reviewing the funding and implementation of a long-awaited ban on the trafficking of shark fins through U.S. ports, a move that could disrupt their broader global trade.