Recent studies reveal that sections of Earth's ancient crust, long thought to be stable, are now showing signs of breaking ...

Ancient climate changes during the Ice Age still shape frog diversity across African rainforests, revealing hidden ...

Quick Take The discovery of the sea sponge order Vilesida and its unique sterols supports the hypothesis that animals may ...

Long before life thrived in Earth’s oceans, the planet’s magnetic field became disorganized. Deep within the ancient rocks of Morocco, scientists have recovered one of the clearest records of that ...

Millions of years before blue oceans and wandering continents, the Earth in its early days was a molten, tumultuous planet — a roiling mixture of rock and metal condensing within the nascent solar ...

While snowmelt is a major contributor to river flow, thawing permafrost is becoming increasingly important. Beneath the ...

Scientists have long known that Earth was significantly warmer about 3 million years ago, with much higher sea levels.

New Curtin University research has revealed how massive ancient glaciers acted like giant bulldozers, reshaping Earth's surface and paving the way for complex life to flourish. The key to unlocking ...

A new study by UC Davis and Chinese researchers shows how extraterrestrial forces move Earth's climate into a glacial phase both over the last 34 million years and 300 million years. Recent rapid ...

Scientists believe they’ve found evidence that life on Earth is over a billion years older than anyone believed was realistic. New research used machine learning to scan ancient meteorites and fossils ...

New research from Japan's iron-rich hot springs shows how early microbes may have harnessed iron and oxygen during the Great Oxygenation Event. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...