This study presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator.' ...

An international research team, including Yale’s Pieter van Dokkum, has discovered a trio of supermassive “Red Monster” ...

Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...

Potentially dangerous comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, ...

"Picture yourself standing off the coast of Cape Cod, in a shelf of shallow water," said Nadja Drabon, an early Earth ...

Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.

Signs of temporarily delayed tooth development in the skull of an ancient Homo species youth spark debate about the origins of humanlike growth.

As Earth cools, a crust forms over it. Mounded bacterial formations called stromatolites appear in shallow waters of the early oceans, and small land blocks collide with one another to produce the ...

The history of life on Earth extends far beyond the dinosaurs and ancient mammals that usually come to mind when we think of fossils. Believe it or not, scientists have actually found signs of ...

Billions of years ago, Earth was home to extreme environments, including intense UV radiation, frequent volcanic eruptions, ...

At 2.1 Gya there was ongoing substantial asteroidal delivery, including hemoglycin, to Earth where water was present as tidal pools or early oceans, conditions that support stromatolite formation.