Fossils offer a glimpse into Earth's ancient life, revealing the origins and evolution of complex organisms. Discoveries like ...

Earth’s magnetic field was once 30 times weaker than it is today. This change may have played a pivotal role in the blossoming of complex life, new research found.

The sheer power of an asteroid impact that gouged a three-mile-long trough in the ground and buckled local rocks has been revealed in a NASA satellite image.. Estimated to have been 700–1,300 ...

Ediacaran fossils at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland. Emily Mitchell "While taller organisms would have been in faster-flowing water, the lack of tiering within these communities shows that their ...

The Ediacaran Period is one of the most important in the development of life, as organisms made the jump from simple structures such as microbial mats to animals with bodies, heads, tails and guts.

Researchers have uncovered evidence of a 555-million-year-old worm-like creature in Australia. As if that wasn’t exciting enough, experts believe this is the first ancestor of all animals ...

It's thought the Earth is currently entering its sixth major extinction event, but a new study suggests it may actually be the seventh. Scientists have found evidence of a previously unknown mass ...

Earth’s magnetic field was once 30 times weaker than it is today. This change may have played a pivotal role in the blossoming of complex life, new research found.