"I'm feeling very proud, especially to have made a small contribution to science." Hiker accidentally stumbles upon 280-million-year-old discovery in Italian Alps: 'Very important' first appeared on ...

Scientists have identified two enormous mountains hidden deep beneath the Earth’s surface, each standing an extraordinary 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) tall—more than 100 times taller than Mount ...

The burial chamber most likely belonged to a ruler in a line of kings once lost to history, researchers said. “It’s a new ...

This story appears in the June 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. Brother Henk is remaining remarkably calm about the loss of his clothes. Only hours ago a helicopter dropped him into an ...

A previously unknown gigantic species has been discovered by researchers working in the remote Udzungwa Mountains of East ...

These mountains are made of extremely dense and ancient material, giving scientists valuable clues about the Earth's early ...