Each of these books can, in its own way, teach readers how to think about Earth's history, and how to apply lessons from the past to our future.

East Haddam hides a natural wonder that sounds like it was conjured from a Brothers Grimm tale – Devil’s Hopyard State Park, ...

Humans have always been a bit obsessed with the places we don’t belong. The sky was off-limits until we built machines to borrow it, and the underwater world still treats us like temporary visitors at ...