Earth

When a single worm was discovered in the depths of our planet's crust, it began an extraordinarily lucky series of events that transformed our understanding of life at extreme depth.

Spotted lanternflies are an invasive pest and a multimillion-dollar disaster for the US's wine industry. Meet the good boys and girls of the resistance.

Swimming in rivers and lakes is booming, but heavy rain, sewage overflows and farm runoff can lead to disease outbreaks. Here's how to spot when the risks to health are highest.

One year ago, a couple got married during a powerful typhoon in the Philippines. The wedding photos quickly went viral as they revealed remarkable resilience in a warming world.

Some Greenland sharks alive today may have been contemporaries of Shakespeare. With a scarred heart that beats for centuries, this deep-sea shark defies age-related decline.

As wildfires blaze through Canada, air quality alerts are in place there and in parts of the US. Here are the profound ways wildfire smoke influences your physical and mental health.

For half a century, Gyaros was off-limits to the world as a military prison and naval firing range. Then came an astonishing photograph.