Our Earth’s atmosphere was not always the safe haven it is today. New research, informed by ancient ocean fossils, provides a glimpse into a time when our planet’s atmosphere was inhospitable and ...

Lobe-finned fishes once led the way in jaw innovation, reshaping evolution long before dinosaurs and life on land emerged.

A new method allows scientists to reconstruct carbon dioxide levels and photosynthesis from fossilized tooth enamel. A ...

Ancient Babylonian world map from a clay tablet, nearly 3,000 years old, reveals a version of the Noah's Ark story and ...

Weak magnetic fields once exposed humans to radiation. People adapted with shelter, clothing, and mineral protection. Our ...

An expanding iron-ore mine and a deposit of rare-earth minerals are fragmenting the land in northern Sweden and altering ...

An ancient Biblical event in which Christians disappear from Earth and those who remain are left to face Doomsday is believed ...

Learn about the process that started life on Earth, linking amino acids with RNA to create proteins that are found in all ...

Tides, rivers, and shifting coasts shaped Sumer, the world’s first urban society - offering lessons for today’s climate ...

There is an ancient Greek scientist who discovered the existence of polar day and polar night before people even knew the ...

Fire and Ash echoes world mythology, from the Tree of Life to the hero’s journey, in five timeless themes from Pandora.

High atop the Luossavaara Mountain in northern Sweden, a Sami reindeer herder mapped out a bleak future for himself and other ...