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

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

Earth's biodiversity hotspots are places teeming with so much life that many have yet to be discovered or are under-investigated. The northeastern region of India, nestled within the majestic ...

Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the ...

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

Our brains can spot real biodiversity using sight and sound alone, according to scientists studying how humans perceive nature.

Research into the origin of life. Learn how certain small molecule interactions may have been responsible for the life itself. You will find scientific theories and findings here.

Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying reptile, that reveal a time of transition when venerable lineages that were ...