Ancient footprints discovered in Canada are the earliest known evidence of reptiles, providing insight into how amphibians evolved to live on land, researchers say.
A warmer climate in Greenland has opened up new possibilities for economic development, but it may have negative effects on the island's native people, WWF says.
Faint stars that formed as much as ten billion years ago reveal that a supposedly young galaxy is actually a "developmentally challenged" grown-up, astronomers say.
The first set of highly detailed color images from a Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter camera will help scientists chose a landing site for a new rover due to be launched in 2009.
Thousands of sparkling young stars are enveloped by the giant nebula NGC 3603, located in the Milky Way about 20,000 light-years away from our solar system.