Insects play an outsize role in supporting life on Earth, they pollinate plants, break down dead matter nourishing the soil, ...

For over 400 years, sailors have reported a mysterious phenomenon in which the ocean appears to glow as far as the eye can see.

The story of primates is a tale of incredible variety and ancient roots, told through the lens of science, DNA, and time ...

Research suggests that calcium may have played a key role in guiding the development of a specific molecular handedness in primitive polyesters and early biomolecules. A new study from the Earth-Life ...

The ocean naturally pulls in about a quarter of the carbon dioxide people produce. It's the planet’s largest carbon sink.

Deep soils vital for life host an active new microbial phylum, CSP1-3. These microbes may be key to innovative water ...

The author of the award-winning classic science fiction novel, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, on the ...

A new study suggests Earth's oceans may have been green during the Archean eon, around 3.8 to 1.8 billion years ago. The ...

Svalbard is the fastest warming place in the world, and even within the Arctic. Leaving as little trace as possible is a ...

BBC Factual and PBS have released a brand-new trailer for the forthcoming BBC One and iPlayer series Walking With Dinosaurs, ...

A provocative new theory suggests that the original Garden of Eden may not have been in Mesopotamia, roughly modern-day Iraq, ...