New research is shaking up how we think about evolution, suggesting there's a level of predictability influenced by genes and ...
Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...
A rare Triassic fossil unearthed in Brazil, Gondwanax paraisensis, could provide new insights into the origins of dinosaurs.
The origins of the Cambrian explosion, these scientists say, may lie not in life itself but deep in Earth’s interior. If they’re right—if the evolution of organisms really is woven together ...
The entries emphasize chance’s prominent role in evolution. For instance ... weaving illuminating natural history into ...
A ‘one of a kind’ fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern ...
The James Webb Space Telescope's discovery of unusually bright and massive galaxies soon after the Big Bang has cast doubt on ...
Scientists uncovered the ancient brain structure of an 80-million-year-old fossil bird named Navaornis hestiae, providing ...
A research team used state-of-the-art micro-CT scanning technology to reconstruct the bird’s skull and brain in remarkable ...
An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a Sun-like star, ...
Billions of years ago, Earth was home to extreme environments, including intense UV radiation, frequent volcanic eruptions, and very high concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
A vast colony of aspen clones could hold clues about how ancient organisms protect their genomes from harmful mutations.