Rocks from the Hadean Eon, the first period in the geological timescale, have been dated in Québec. These are some of the ...

Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

Earth has undergone incredible transformations over its 4.5 billion-year history,but what will it look like 1 billion years ...

Imagine stepping back in time to Earth 2 billion years ago,long before forests, dinosaurs, or even fish. Step into Earth’s ...

The Great Oxidation Event (GOE) was a major turning point when oxygen began to build up in Earth’s atmosphere and surface ...

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...

Even if Earth does survive, it won’t be pretty. The temperature of our planet will be about 1,300 degrees C, hot enough to ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

Mitochondria are the body's "energy factories," and their proper function is essential for life. Inside mitochondria, a set ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

They are some of the most intensely studied species on Earth, and yet there is no comprehensive molecular phylogenetic hypothesis of primate evolutionary history that summarizes the pattern and timing ...