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 ...

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

Given the current state of practice and visions for the future (including AI), certain practices should be reevaluated. This ...

Scientists say Earth’s magnetic field may have funneled atmospheric particles to the moon for billions of years. Lunar soil could preserve a record of Earth’s past while providing resources for future ...

Astronomers analyzing data from Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter ...

Humans have a predilection for doomsday predictions. Witness the much-hyped technological terror of the Y2K, or year 2000, bug, which failed to crash critical systems as projected, or the apocalyptic ...

The Aravalli Hills may appear low and worn today, but they represent one of the oldest surviving mountain systems on Earth.

Well, it just so happens that there is a geological cousin of Dorothy’s fabled path to Oz, but this one exists more than ...

The Christmas Island shrew is thought to be at least the third mammal species to go extinct on the island as a direct result ...

"Consciousness," although challenging to define, can be thought of as a first-person awareness of one's surroundings and oneself. You sense the world through your eyes, nose, ears and hands, and track ...

The Cambrian Explosion in which life on Earth underwent massive diversification was likely triggered by eccentricities in Earth’s orbit around our Sun. Or so say the authors of a new paper just ...