The world's longest mountain chain stretches along the entire west coast of South America, but scientists have been struggling to explain how it formed. Published Dec. 1 in Nature, research led by ...

One of the big questions in biology is why certain plants and animals are found in some places and not others. Figuring out how species evolve and spread, and why some places are richer in species ...

Mountains have long captivated the curiosity of scientists due to their fundamental role in shaping the Earth's surface. However, a groundbreaking study led by Colorado State University has revealed ...

Maureen Long teaches earth and planetary sciences at Yale University. Speaking to Times Evoke, she maps out what lies beneath mountains: I am a seismologist and study the structure and dynamics of the ...