A team of scientists digging up some of the Earth’s oldest rocks has uncovered new chemical evidence that Earth’s first ...

For the more than 242 million years that lizards and snakes appear in the fossil record, they show up mostly as pieces of ...

Earth is far from a static place. That's true in the present, but it's even more apparent when you look to the past, as Earth ...

Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or experiencing large declines in population. Some scientists have argued that we have entered a “sixth mass extinction” event ...

The cast of Patagotitan mayorum weighs 2½ tonnes and was transported in two shipping containers. Read more at ...

Carbon dioxide is both a planetary threat and a driving force behind life on Earth, according to author Peter Brannen.

A 28-centimetre fragment of fossilised jawbone—first unearthed on the Welsh coast in 1899—has now been formally recognised as ...

In the pitch-black corridors of Mammoth Cave National Park, deep beneath Kentucky’s rolling hills, scientists have uncovered something astonishing: the fossilized remains of two never-before-seen ...

When Antonio Guterres took to the stage of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to declare that “fossil fuels were a losing bet” and that “the window is closing” to limit warming to 1.5C, he did so in ...

The extinction of dinosaurs reshaped rivers, forests, and landscapes—changes still recorded in the rock layers across North ...

India celebrates its renewable milestones, but towns like Jharsuguda tell another story. With blackouts feared, storage scarce and alternatives faltering, the country still backs the black rock as cle ...

Great Britain’s Midlands, with key industries, skilled workers, and innovative universities, could benefit from hosting ...