These hot, dust-laden winds are known as “la calima” and happen most often in winter. They can blow at up to 75 mph (120 kph). The dust kicked up last weekend in Africa drifted over the Canary Islands, shutting down airports and stranding travelers.

A major ocean current in the Arctic is faster and more turbulent as a result of rapid sea ice melt, according to a new study.

One hundred million years ago, a bee got trapped in tree resin. Over time, geological forces converted the resin to amber. Now a scientist arrives on the scene, to tell us this bee’s story.

Recently-discovered fossils shed new light on an enormous horned turtle that roamed South America 5 to 10 million years ago.

A new tyrannosaur species named Thanatotheristes, which means “reaper of death,” was the apex predator of its time, 79 million years ago in present day Alberta, Canada.

January 2020 was the planet's hottest January in the NOAA global temperature dataset record, which dates back to 1880.

Human beings altered one of the highest peaks in the Himalayas hundreds of years before a person ever set foot there, new research has found.

Scientists raced against a rising tide to recover a tantalizing fossil on an island in southeast Alaska. It turned out to be a species new to science.

For the first time, a new experiment from the University of Cambridge has shown how sand dunes "communicate" and interact with each other as they move.

Listen to the birds chirping and watch the giant pandas loll around and chew on bamboo. Peace!