Scientists think they’ve found a way to investigate the creation of cell membranes and DNA genomes that gave rise to the last universal common ancestor.

Sir David Attenborough's centenary will be marked with week-long special programming featuring three new documentaries and classic shows on BBC ...

The BBC has announced it will celebrate Sir David’s ‘extraordinary milestone’ on May 8 with a week of special programming.

The BBC will mark Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday in May with new documentaries, classic series, and a live Royal Albert Hall event.

The deep sea is integral in ocean cycling processes that carry nutrients and oxygen all over our planet. This underexplored realm is the basis of food chains that sustain billions of people and helps ...

The other one-off special is David Attenborough’s 100 Years on Planet Earth, a live performance of music from Attenborough's many iconic shows by the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall.

The Sterling Hill Mining Museum sits atop the world’s most diverse fluorescent mineral deposit, and if you haven’t been there yet, you’re missing out on one of the most spectacular natural phenomena ...

If the world exploded, what proportion of the rocks floating in space would have evidence of life? (continued) ...

The Earth's magnetic field and oxygen evolved together over 540 million years, according to a major NASA study.

Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

But the real truth is that alien life on other planets could be even stranger than floating balloons or amorphous organisms ...