Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

If Earth's history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31.

Florida State University Assistant Professor of Geology, Emily Stewart, has conducted new research that questions the ...

Cratons are fascinating yet enigmatic geological formations. Known to be relatively stable portions of the Earth's ...

Beneath the waves of the South Pacific lies Zealandia, a submerged landmass spanning nearly two million square miles. Often ...

Since soon after our planet formed, Earth's 4.6 billion-year-long history was dominated by single-celled life. Something dramatic happened about 500 ...

The conclusions come from patterns tracked by scientists that point to several meteorite impacts through geological records.

We are living on a planet already hotter and more unstable than at any time in human history. Pretending otherwise will only ...

With the assistance of China's Zhurong rover, scientists have gathered fresh evidence that Mars was home to an ocean billions ...

Because of its geological and biological importance ... The area has attracted botanists, earth scientists, birders and wild plant and wildlife experts for ecological research and education. HOPKINTON ...

A new study suggests that Earth might have had a ring system around 466 million years ago, potentially formed during a period of unusually intense meteorite impacts known as the Ordovician impact spik ...

Blind spiders and whip scorpions, the future of climate change, photosynthesis in the dark – here's what the deepest places ...