The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where ...

The impact of the asteroid 66 million years ago did not stop life from returning to normal for very long. New research shows ...

For over a century, it was assumed that science had a handle on the big categories of life on Earth: plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms were t.

Modern cells are complex chemical entities with cytoskeletons, finely regulated internal and external molecules, and genetic ...

The impact of the asteroid in present-day Yucatan wiped out almost all life on Earth. It recovered faster than previously ...

Nitrogen, upon which all life on Earth depends, may hold the key for explaining how early life on the planet evolved and how it could evolve on other planets.

This academic has theorized about what would happen if humans became extinct and reveals who our successor would be.

“ The Last Dance really means the final bow to an era and the Jason that people have known for the last 17 years,” he ...

The asteroid that struck the Earth 66 million years ago devastated life across the planet, wiping out the dinosaurs and other organisms in a hail of fire and catastrophic climate change. But new ...

Studies looking at how sponges have evolved on a molecular level have suggested that spicules should be present over 700 ...

Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal ...