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 ...

By establishing the biggest paleobiology database of early Earth to date and employing cutting-edge analytical tools, ...

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

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 ...

The discovery of a newly identified species — the oldest saber-toothed animal found and an ancient cousin to mammals — fills ...

Biologists used artificial intelligence to make discoveries about molecules and the brain, and overturned long-held assumptions about the immune system and RNA.

The frog’s loud croaking turned out to be a call to its own demise. The researchers walking along the steep muddy bank on a ...

Scientists have discovered unique RNA-based life forms, called "Obelisks," within the human microbiome. These organisms, ...

Chinese scientists recently obtained the first information on the ancient magnetic field on the far side of the Moon through ...