Around 252 million years ago, Earth was nearly lifeless, with nearly all life forms wiped out. This event, known as the ...

Scientists have long agreed this event was triggered by a sudden surge in greenhouse gases which resulted in an intense and ...

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

A new study published in Nature Communications reveals that some of Earth’s earliest complex organisms evolved a remarkable ...

Understanding where and in what quantities essential elements for life have existed on Earth's surface helps explain the ...

The event in question is the Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction, also known as the “Great Dying,” which occurred around 252 ...

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

During Earth's ancient Snowball periods, when the entire planet was wrapped in ice, life may have endured in tiny meltwater ...

In this episode, hosts Andrew Daniels and John Gilpatrick dive deep into the mysterious origins of all life on Earth—and the ...

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

“We find that both exhibit strong linearly increasing trends, coupled with a large surge in magnitude between 330 and 220 ...