An Oxford academic has theorized about what might happen if humans were to go extinct and reveals which species could take ...

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

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

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

All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA—and it likely lived on Earth only 400 ...

Without plants on land, humans could not live on Earth. From mosses to ferns to grasses to trees, plants are our food, fodder and timber. All this diversity emerged from an algal ancestor that ...

Megalodon was likely a long, streamlined predator, not a bulky giant. Scientists compared its bones with modern sharks.

Dive into the depths of the ocean and discover the most bizarre sea creatures that have evolved over billions of years.

New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about ...

The oldest lake in the world dates back about 25 million years and is also the world's deepest and most biologically diverse ...

Scientists have discovered a new form of water called "plastic ice VII" that exists under extreme pressures and temperatures, ...

After consultation with his colleague Robert Morley, he realises with amazement that, unlike the dinosaurs, the relatives of ...