Truth is, we don’t know how the Tree of Life will fall, and we don’t know when. It could happen in five years, in 40 years, ...

All species on Earth, both living and extinct, are related. We know this because of a biological tool called the tree of life. This "tree" takes the form of a diagram that maps the relationships ...

Scientists have discovered a completely new branch on the tree of life. This “supergroup” contains an incredibly diverse range of predatory microbes that are extremely different genetically ...

The “Tree of Life” in Olympic National Park has become a symbol of resilience over the years, but recent photos show that this bastion of beating the odds may be coming to its end.

Beneath the bogs of New Zealand’s Northland is a massive Ngāwhā kauri, living from 41,000 to 42,500 years ago, which gives an isolated, unbroken record of a period when Earth’s magnetic field declined ...

By studying the genetic tree of life, ... but scientists are slowly putting together genetic puzzle pieces to learn more about how the first life on Earth lived, between 2.5 and 4 billion years ago.

It may be hard to imagine complicated life forms on early Earth. Oxygen was low and asteroids may have been pelting the baby planet’s surface. Despite those harsh conditions, a microbe may have ...

The origins of life on Earth have long fascinated scientists, particularly the nature of the last universal common ancestor ...

A preserved tree fossil gives an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire, triggering environmental chaos, influencing everything from an ...

Planet Earth Only 0.001% of deep ocean has ever been explored by humans — an area equal to the ... 'Dragon' and 'tree of life' hydrothermal vents discovered in Arctic region scientists thought ...

Trees get most of the love, but diatoms, a group of photosynthetic microalgae, produce 20% of Earth's oxygen and are the foundation of aquatic food webs. The prevalence and diversity of diatoms ...