Tiffany Taylor, professor of microbial ecology and evolution at the University of Bath in the U.K., recommends the books that ...

Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but a new analysis extends the chart of life to nearly 2 billion years ago. The ...

If all the world's a stage and all the species merely players, then their exits and entrances can be found in the rock record ...

Evolution is often depicted as a steady forward march from simple to complex forms. But new research shows that certain ferns ...

Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but ...

Imagine a photograph of your great-grandparents, grandparents and parents side by side. You’d see a resemblance, but each ...

We have only one example of biology forming in the universe – life on Earth. But what if life can form in other ways? How do ...

A new study explores how variations in Mars' crustal thickness during its ancient history may have influenced the planet's ...

A new study explores how variations in Mars' crustal thickness during its ancient history may have influenced the planet's magmatic evolution and hydrological systems. The research suggests that the ...

In nature, microbes fend off their microbial competitors. In the digital world, can AI-detection tools help researchers knock ...

A multi-institutional team of biologists has produced new insights into the evolution of anglerfish—deep-sea dwellers known ...