"The Grand Canyon is an epic Rosetta Stone for geology," Denver Museum of Nature and Science geologist James Hagadorn said.

A massive meteorite that struck Earth early on in its history wreaked havoc on the planet, but the impact may have allowed ...

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

How Life Began on Earth ... Sep. 18, 2024 — Some of the most dramatic climatic events in our planet's history are 'Snowball Earth' events that happened hundreds of millions of years ago ...

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 ...

Scientists have long been fascinated by how ancient fish like Tiktaalik evolved the structures needed to walk on land.

A new study predicts a grim future for humanity as Earth's continents drift towards forming a supercontinent. This will lead ...

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

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

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