Some 40 kilometers east of the Tanzanian coast in East Africa lies Latham Island, a rocky, utterly isolated and uninhabited ...

Scientists have known for decades that many animals use the Earth's magnetic field for navigation. It's less clear how they do it. A new study suggests earthworms may be a good way to figure it out.

Could tiny magnetic objects, that rapidly clump together and instantly fall apart again, one day perform delicate procedures ...

Using 11 years of magnetic field measurements from the European Space Agency's Swarm satellite constellation, scientists have ...

The weak spot, known as the South Atlantic Anomaly, was identified in the 19th century and expanded in recent years.

Scientists have known for decades that many animals use the Earth's magnetic field for navigation. It's less clear how they do it. A new study suggests earthworms may be a good way to figure it ...

ESA’s Swarm mission reveals the South Atlantic Anomaly has expanded by half the size of Europe since 2014, exposing ...

If you've ever used your phone's built-in compass and felt like something was wrong, then there's probably something wrong with it.