Around 2.3 billion years ago, the Great Oxygenation Event (GOE) marked a major turning point in Earth’s history. The increase ...

Recently-revealed notebooks belonging to a late paleontologist contain the missing information needed to help researchers finish their study of a remarkable fossil discovered nearly three decades ago.

There are many open questions about how our planet formed 4.55 billion years ago: When did plate tectonics start? When did the Earth's mantle begin to vigorously circulate in a process called ...

A team of biologists just discovered a new species of chiton, a marine mollusk that clings to rocks and feeds on algae.

A sediment-washing “bubbler” helped researchers recover 65.5-million-year-old teeth that illuminate how early primate ...

Tiny, tooth-sized fossils have just reshaped the story of our deepest ancestry. Paleontologists have discovered the southernmost remains ever found of Purgatorius—the earliest-known relative of all ...

As in 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine, the new war in the Middle East is exposing once again how far Europe and others lag ...

The latest war in the Middle East, much like Russia's invasion of Ukraine, is once again highlighting how Europe and other regions remain behind ...