The research is in and scientists say that more than half of all life on our planet lives under the surface. Now they’re ...

However, light that leaves our star also contains UVC radiation, which has a shorter wavelength than UVA or UVB light and ...

The slightly warmer temperatures around the middle of the Earth melted the top layers of ice to form meltwater ponds that hovered around 0°C. This stable, warmer temperature could have served as a ...

Modern-day environments in Antarctica contain ponds filled with life forms that closely resemble early multicellular ...

When the Earth froze over, where did life shelter? MIT scientists say one refuge may have been pools of melted ice that ...

How did complex life survive when Earth was frozen over? Scientists say tiny meltwater ponds on ancient ice may have been the ...

A global effort to create a "microbial Noah's Ark" to preserve the world's diverse collection of healthy microbes before they ...

Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that urea—an essential building block for life—could have formed on the early ...

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

Stanford study shows ocean biomass has risen over 540 million years, linking biodiversity to long-term ecosystem health.