The Grand Canyon may rewrite the textbooks on the Cambrian Explosion—a key turning point in Earth's history when there was a ...

Study “presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator” says lead ...

2024 — This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first ... Ancient DNA Brings to Life History of the Iconic Aurochs, Whose Tale Is ...

Imagine a world where continents are fused into one massive landmass, and life as we know it is on the brink of ...

The Arecibo message contained an image of a man only. But what might seem a sexist choice deserves a more subtle ...

Around 700 million years ago, the Earth cooled so much that scientists believe massive ice sheets encased the entire planet ...

“Instead, mollusc or mollusc-like animals might be the pioneers of these early excursions onto land which date back to the ...

A rare Triassic fossil unearthed in Brazil, Gondwanax paraisensis, could provide new insights into the origins of dinosaurs.

The existence of “Snowball Earth” is now widely accepted, but the idea ice coverage was universal is so extraordinary and ...

Earth is the only known place where humanity exists — where humanity can exist. It is the only known place where laughter, ...

A you-are-there documentary cuts between Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedition, which was all filmed, and the 2022 attempt to ...