Earth's earliest life forms developed ways to survive the harmful effects of arsenic to cope with dramatic changes in their ...

Measuring shells and skeletons encased in thousands of limestone samples has revealed that the sheer amount of living stuff ...

They do die under natural conditions because of predators or disease, but without these external threats ... but out of the ...

Nearly three-fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space. But Japanese researchers have made a compelling case that Earth's oceans were once green ...

Without humans, what would happen to Earth? 'After every extinction event the place is devastated, but life is so resilient.' By Lauren Leffer Published Nov 4, 2024 9:00 AM EST ...

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

Insect loss is gradual but devastating. Fewer pollinators, smaller harvests, and fragile ecosystems are already appearing.

Rare-earth magnets will also retain their own magnetism even in the presence of strong external magnetic fields—important in motors and generators, which rely on the interaction between two or ...

Earth is saying goodbye to an asteroid that has been a "mini-moon" of sorts since late September, when it joined the planet's orbit.

And it circles the Earth without curving away from the sun! That's sort of hard to picture in your head, and the bad news is that we can't draw an accurate diagram as an aid to understanding.