Long before life thrived in Earth’s oceans, the planet’s magnetic field became disorganized. Deep within the ancient rocks of Morocco, scientists have recovered one of the clearest records of that ...

Moroccan rocks suggest that what had been thought to be wild, random movements of continents was actually Earth's magnetic ...

In an awe-inspiring yet little-known cosmic event, the Sun has once again flipped its magnetic field. This dramatic shift, ...

You’ve probably seen it a thousand times: a map on the wall, north at the top, south down below. It feels so natural that we barely think about it.

A new study of dinosaur biodiversity challenges the belief that the megafauna were on their way out 66 million years ago ...

Scientists have unveiled a remarkable 'living GPS' in fruit bats, tracking their brain activity as they navigated freely.

Ancient sea creatures may have used magnetic particles to navigate. 3D scans reveal how these magnetofossils sensed Earth’s ...

Fruit bats navigate using a stable internal compass based on landmarks, offering new insight into how mammal brains map the ...

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Oct. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — What: Grand Opening Celebration of Compass Nova Scotia’s Unity North Neighbourhood ...

Some ancient marine organisms produced mysterious magnetic particles of unusually large size, which can now be found as fossils in marine sediments. An international team has succeeded in mapping the ...

Some ancient marine organisms produced mysterious magnetic particles of unusually large size, which can now be found as fossils in marine sediments ...

Satellite data reveal that a weak region in Earth's magnetic field has grown by an area roughly half the size of continental Europe in the last 10 years. A weak region in Earth's magnetic field has ...