Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

Tiny bits of Earth’s atmosphere have been drifting to the moon for billions of years, guided by Earth’s magnetic field.

In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly ...

Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the ...

Sponges are among Earth's most ancient animals, but exactly when they evolved has long puzzled scientists. Genetic information from living sponges, as well as chemical signals from ancient rocks, ...

Earth system box models are essential tools for reconstructing long-term climatic and environmental evolution and uncovering ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in ...

The jawbones and vertebrae of a hominin that lived 773,000 years ago have been found in North Africa and could represent a ...

"The Giant Leap," by astrobiologist Caleb Scharf, is an optimistic account of our widening journey into the cosmos.

With copper-blue blood prized by modern medicine and a body plan older than dinosaurs, the horseshoe crab reveals how ancient ...

The rapid diversification of ants has “led to their role as ecological engineers” that can work in habitats across the world, said Mathieu Molet, a professor at the Institute of Ecology and ...

The Florida-based company says it plans to recover battery and magnet materials through its “advanced” recycling technologies ...