A retired chicken farmer’s backyard discovery of a 240-million-year-old amphibian fossil has unveiled a rare glimpse into Earth's prehistoric past.

Earth’s magnetic field weakened to a fraction of its usual strength, it allowed more harmful solar radiation to reach the surface ...

New clues from ancient seas are reshaping what we know about mass extinction and the future of our oceans. In a recent ...

The constant deluge of bad news about rising global temperatures and their impacts can make it feel like the world is ending.

In recent months, nuclear weapons have reemerged in global headlines. Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan approached the brink of a full-scale war, a confrontation that could have become an ...

In an incredible twist of fate, a retired chicken farmer unearthed a 240-million-year-old amphibian fossil in a pile of rocks meant for a garden wall, leading to one of the most extraordinary ...

We can’t know exactly how events would have unfolded had dissent been amplified, but we must now demand a safer future.

Soft tissues are preserved along one side of the metre-long flipper where it’s believed to have been pressed into the ...

Australian scientist Will Steffen and his team have characterized this as a “Great Acceleration,” evaluating the “planetary ...

By simulating the movement of two continent-sized Big Lower-Mantle Basal Structures, or BLOBs, researchers may have uncovered ...

A prehistoric carbon spike turned oceans deadly and wiped out marine life. Scientists say today’s CO₂ rise could cause the ...