A team of researchers has recently claimed they have discovered a gas called dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the atmosphere of ...

While researchers are still debating the exact timeline, one thing is becoming clear. Life didn’t take long to get started.

Eukaryogenesis occurred suddenly, driven by the growing length of genes and the limitations on producing longer proteins. An ...

The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to 40 million years earlier than previously thought -- thanks to ...

An international team of scientists have unlocked a key piece of Earth's evolutionary puzzle by decoding the structure of a ...

Earth's magnetic field was so weak it almost disappeared. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, complex life emerged.

The purpose of the study isn’t to create fear, but it does give us a serious reminder of how natural forces, over time, will take away the conditions that make life on Earth possible.

Scientists have been baffled after discovering bizarre structures on the Martian surface which look like 'a patchwork of ...

Smithsonian researchers trekked to a remote site in northern Canada to collect four-billion-year-old rock samples that could ...

The footprints of a reptile-like creature appear to have been laid down around 356 million years ago, pushing back the ...

Giant viruses, like the ones found in Yellowstone's hot springs, have been turning up in many odd corners of the planet.