Far from boring, this period saw the reorganization of deep Earth in manners that prepared the way for life to grow complex.

Hidden deep in ancient rocks, scientists have found the surviving traces of Earth’s first form—unchanged for 4.5 billion ...

A team of researchers at The University of New Mexico has uncovered how a peculiar, prehistoric plant might unlock new ways ...

Scientists have found that ancient horsetail plants change water chemistry in surprising ways, offering new clues about Earth ...

At the edge of East Antarctica, where the wind howls through a white emptiness and the air bites harder than steel, ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest directly dated ice and air on Earth in East Antarctica, dating back six million years.

A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS), along ...

To better understand the circadian clock in modern-day cyanobacteria, a research team has studied ancient timekeeping systems. They examined the oscillation of the clock proteins KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC ...

Carl Sagan explained the thought process of the ancient Greek scientist Eratosthenes, who determined the circumference of the ...

Learn more about Wadisuchus kassabi, the crocodile’s ancient cousin that thrived in prehistoric oceans and rewrites this ...