One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed in sedimentary coastal or underwater deposits. This is far ...

A study warns of abrupt deoxidation, a phenomenon that will put an end to life on Earth. When and why will this happen?

Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...

Throughout Earth's history, ice caps have been very rare, but a model of the past 420 million years suggests an explanation ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet's history and require many ...

How did Earth transform from a hostile, acidic ocean world to one that nurtured life? Scientists at Yale and in Singapore ...

A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

Every few hundred thousand years, Earth’s magnetic poles flip, turning north into south and south into north. These ...

A new study highlights how life possibly evolved prior to and during the rise of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere.

Whether through agricultural practices, deforestation, or urbanization, how modern humans use land has had an unprecedented ...