New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the ...

A new review of Triassic fossils from Germany reveals rich tetrapod diversity and links to modern biodiversity and climate ...

There are roughly a trillion species of microorganisms on Earth—the vast majority of which are bacteria. Bacteria consist of ...

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics ...

But while lifeless during that time, the planet was already covered by vast oceans dotted with hydrothermal vent systems that ...

In a recent study, researchers gained new insight into the lives of bacteria that survive by grouping together as if they ...

Long-term studies at Georgia Tech and beyond show that evolution is happening right now. They capture the rise of new species ...

New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.

Scientists have helped to construct a detailed timeline for bacterial evolution, suggesting some bacteria used oxygen long before evolving the ability to produce it through photosynthesis.

Two Paleontology and Evolution students from the University of Bristol have undertaken the first ever study which describes ...

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...