A rapid climate collapse during the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction devastated ocean life and reshuffled Earth’s ecosystems.

Scientists have revealed that ancient bones unearthed deep in a quarry date back approximately 773,000 years - and could be a ...

A mass extinction created the ecological conditions that set the stage for a dramatic shift in marine life.

Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests ...

This season’s offerings investigate America’s religious origins, explore Jewish identity, and meditate on the power of myths ...

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, ...

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

Four Oxford University academics have been honoured in the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)'s 2026 Awards , announced today. Each year the RAS Awards ...

A new study theorizes that evolution ticks at different speeds, especially when a big group of organisms first appears.

Red blood is the exception, not the rule. Evolution has painted it green, purple and white in animals that push physiology ...