For now, life is flourishing on our oxygen-rich planet, but Earth wasn't always that way – and scientists have predicted that ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

Fluctuations in ancient Earth’s environment might have propelled the chemical complexity that laid the foundation for life.

Scientists challenge the idea that intelligent life is rare. They argue that evolution follows planetary changes, not random ...

A new study of decades worth of seismogram data shows that the surface of Earth’s iron and nickel core is more malleable than ...

A new study highlights how life possibly evolved prior to and during the rise of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere.

Discover how life on Earth evolved from muted tones to vibrant colours, and how scientists are uncovering the secrets of ...

A new study finds that ocean acidity may have prevented life on Earth from developing for the planet’s first 500 million ...

A new study explores how complex chemical mixtures change under shifting environmental conditions, shedding light on the ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

Explore the fascinating Purple Earth Hypothesis, which suggests that Earth may have once been painted purple by early ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...