A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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.