A new international analysis of marine fossils shows that warming of the polar oceans during the Eocene, a greenhouse period that provides a glimpse of Earth's potential future climate, was greater ...

Once roaming since the Eocene, tapirs are now rare and endangered — but recent sightings, including in Singapore, offer a glimmer of hope. These elusive, water-loving mammals have unique adaptations ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

It's not often you find the term "gastronomically familiar" in a Nature article, much less in its very first sentence. But there are a number of unusual aspects to a paper on the origins of flatfish ...

The glacial cycles that have dominated the Earth’s recent past have been driven by a combination of orbital cycles and greenhouse forcing. But the relatively cool, rhythmic cycles appear to be an ...

Weathering of silicate rock is a key component of the long-term carbon cycle. Previous studies demonstrated that incongruent chemical weathering of fresh silicate material produces weathering ...

Our current rate of warming will quickly lead us back to a climate that predates the evolution of modern humans, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. That ...

The reign of the dinosaurs came to a catastrophic end 66 million years ago. That’s the common trope, anyway – a holdover from before we recognized that at least one feathery lineage survived and ...