Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the ...

This week, we continue our look at evolutionary theories of the origin of life and the extreme challenges they face. One of the major hurdles concerns the amount of time ...

In this eye-opening talk, fish paleobiologist Lauren Sallan explains how one of Earth’s most devastating mass extinctions ...

In Arizona's dry, rugged badlands, you can find something far more valuable than any glittering gold: the Petrified Forest.

Africa’s widening rift is thinning the crust and reshaping the land, helping preserve fossils that reveal new clues about ...

Maternal DNA from Neanderthal teeth found in Stajnia Cave show Neanderthals moved across wide areas of Europe.

What have you done today that did not involve a mineral? Part 8 The basis of life on Earth depends on minerals, […] ...

Since the release of the original Avatar in 2009, James Cameron’s epic interstellar franchise has taken over popular culture ...

Former Harvard chair Charles Lieber has relocated to China following his U.S. conviction to lead a state-backed ...

Neither too hot nor too cold, an area of rugged terrain has provided ideal conditions for a specific plant family for more ...

The proposed budget was released on April 3. Among many deep cuts to medical and scientific agencies, the White House has ...

In the rugged terrain of the Massif de la Hotte in Haiti, the story of the melastome plant family has been unfolding for more ...