Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants ...

The work is all about trying to bring to people’s attention the extraordinary nature of the world we live in, its fragility ...

Our planet is several billion years old—a number so vast it’s almost impossible to truly comprehend. In all that time, ...

A team of seismologists has assembled the most extensive map yet of deformation deep inside Earth, revealing that the warping of rock just above the core-mantle boundary closely tracks the paths of ...

If you wanted to learn about the entirety of human history, it would take thousands of years. Unfortunately, nobody has the ...

A newly discovered fossil site in southwest China has transformed our understanding of how complex animal life emerged on ...

A newly discovered fossil site in southwest China has transformed our understanding of how complex animal life emerged on ...

Did Earth’s major diversification event really happen in one sudden explosion? Our fossil discovery suggests not.

Scientists have discovered fossils showing that complex animals existed millions of years before the Cambrian explosion, reshaping the timeline of life on Earth. The finds reveal a strange, diverse ...

Most people associate Washington with mountains, forests, and enough rain to make you question your life choices. But hidden ...

Biogenic CO₂ is reshaping carbon markets, shifting focus to plant-based carbon capture, scaling fast due to lower costs and ...