Over millions of years, the Earth has evolved rapidly, which led to the draining of many oceans and left behind deserted ...

During these waves of mass extinction, most vertebrate survivors were confined to refugia, or isolated biodiversity hotspots ...

Some 445 million years ago, life on Earth was forever changed. During the geological blink of an eye, glaciers formed over ...

About 445 million years ago, Earth nearly wiped out life in the oceans. Glaciers spread across the supercontinent Gondwana, ...

Ancient fossils from Moroccan caves, dated with rare precision, offer rare insight into early human evolution.

During a geological blink of an eye, glaciers formed over the supercontinent Gondwana, drying out many of the vast, shallow ...

Scientists in Japan discovered microscopic fossils revealing that the North Pacific Ocean was once more interconnected. The ...

Oxygen isotopes data enable researchers to look far back into the geologic past and reconstruct the climate of the past. In ...

The discovery in northern Japan indicates that ocean circulation across the North Pacific was more interconnected than ...

The deep sea also harbours some of the most intriguing and alien-like species in existence, yet for several centuries, these ...

Oxygen isotopes data enable researchers to look far back into the geologic past and reconstruct the climate of the past. In doing so, they consider several factors such as ocean temperature and ice ...

Giant reptiles, masters of the oceans more than 66 million years ago, swimming in rivers? A recent discovery in North America ...