While the Cambrian Explosion kickstarted complex life in a major way some 530 million years, the true timeline of life on ...

Penn State researchers propose that Earth and life have evolved together in a way that is more typical of life-supporting ...

Sometimes deep space can seem like a cold, uncaring place fully removed from the dramas unfolding on the planet Earth.

Earth was almost entirely frozen, an episode called "Snowball Earth". Its titanic glaciers played a role in the evolution of complex life. A recent study reveals how ...

New research reveals how rock strength plays a crucial role in erosion, shaping landscapes over millions of years.

An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a Sun-like star, ...

Dr David Jablonski, professor of geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago, joins Jim to talk about what might be ...

Paleontologist Riley Black traces the cooperation among plants, animals, and ecosystems in “When the Earth Was Green.” ...

evolution may be more of a predictable process, unfolding as global conditions allow,” he said. “Our framework applies not only to Earth, but also other planets, increasing the possibility ...

Humanlike intelligence would then be a more expected outcome of Earth’s evolution, rather than a cosmic fluke. Researchers from a variety of disciplines, from paleontologists and biologists to ...

It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid ...

"Our project was to model the propagation of cosmic rays from supernova sources to see their potential impacts on life on ...