The findings show that the common ancestor of the extant fungi was about 1.4 to 900 million years ago. That is far earlier ...

New research from the Earth-Life Science Institute at the Institute of Science Tokyo suggests iron-rich ecosystems played a ...

A new model uncovers how Earth’s liquid core has sustained its magnetic field since the planet’s beginnings, offering new ...

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover may have taken a major step toward settling a question long on humanity’s mind of if life ever ...

MIT geochemists offer compelling evidence that ancient sea sponges were Earth's first animals, emerging over 541 million ...

Beans plants evolved nitrogen-fixing tricks - an ancient secret that could help crops grow with less fertilizer and transform ...

Earth was not always the blue-green world we know today: early Earth's oxygen levels were about a million times lower than we ...

Unearthing the mysteries of our planet’s past, ancient maps offer a unique window into the world as it once was, depicting ...

A recent discovery that may indicate ancient life on Mars has a little-known connection to eastern Iowa and the University of ...

Billions of years ago, water flowed across Mars. Most scientists agree the red planet had rivers. But did those rivers flow ...