Australia’s most hi-tech scientific research vessel is embarking on an epic six-month journey from ‘equator to ice’ hoping to ...

A world map highlights where daylight saving time is observed and where standard time remains year-round.

During an afternoon voyage on June 21 in the Chesapeake Bay, an Annapolis resident spotted the red-footed booby on the bow of ...

That juicy little tidbit became clear on Twitter when someone rightly pointed out that specific continents were wildly out of ...

One of the most exciting discoveries during my weekly beachcombing surveys is finding a message in a bottle. After nearly a ...

For decades, scientists have known that hot plasma slowly moves from the Sun's equator towards its poles in a process called ...

There is a greater than 80% chance of a rare super El Niño this year. Impacts to hurricane season and winter are expected.

A massive wave of warm water is making its way across the Pacific Ocean as the newly declared El Niño gets into full swing, satellite images show. The band, called a Kelvin wave, ...

The classic square Mercator map of the world as seen in Google Maps. Africa is not happy with how Google Maps portrays it. The popular Mercator map projection, used by Google Maps and many other ...

Experiments will take advantage of the solar eclipse in August to learn more about the sun and Earth at a relatively low cost ...