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

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

Earth's earliest life forms developed ways to survive the harmful effects of arsenic to cope with dramatic changes in their ...

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope, which can be piloted by ...

Biomass reveals the real impact and energy flow of life in an ecosystem, like knowing not just the cast of a play, but who ...

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

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

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

Imagine stepping back 200 million years into a world vastly different from the Earth we know today. During the age of dinosaurs, one colossal landmass, Pangaea, dominated the surface, surrounded by ...

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

Research into the origin of life. Learn how certain small molecule interactions may have been responsible for the life itself. You will find scientific theories and findings here.

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