New research shows that fluctuating environmental conditions helped chemical mixtures self-organize and evolve in structured ...

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Dr. David Tilman receives U.S.’s highest scientific honor for his discoveries about the importance of Earth’s biodiversity.

A first-of-its-kind global assessment has revealed 603 wild animals plus five livestock taxa that do more than just inhabit ...

"We're arguing that intelligent life may not require a series of lucky breaks to exist," said lead author Dan Mills of the ...

Supun Dilshan won the Photographer of the Year Portfolio for “Trapped Between Worlds,” a set of images capturing the plight ...

Fossils and genetics are starting to point to life emerging surprisingly soon after Earth formed, when the planet was ...

As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

Earth's oceans may have been green for billions of years until the first photosynthetic organisms flooded our atmosphere with ...

Researchers present an alternative to the long-held “hard steps” theory to explain the evolution of complex life, suggesting ...

Animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world -- they are its architects. A new study has revealed how hundreds of species shape the landscapes we depend on, from vast termite mounds visible ...

Once scientists have collected an eDNA sample, they analyze it via bar coding, which can either look for a single species or ...