A newly discovered prehistoric mammal reveals how small, adaptable species may have survived Earth’s deadliest extinction ...

The settlement of coastlines and the use of marine food resources, often collectively referred to as coastal adaptations, feature prominently in global ...

From tiny zircons to deep mantle processes, scientists are piecing together a vivid picture of Earth’s earliest days. New research reveals how continents, minerals, and even the building blocks of ...

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New research suggests that middle-aged stars like the Sun may offer the most stable environments for complex life to emerge.

Scientists have seemingly settled long-standing arguments about whether the components of Earth originated from the inner or ...

Mammals and dinosaurs coexisted on Earth until a catastrophic event 66 million years ago killed 75% of life on the planet.

Measuring the strength of gravity is extraordinarily difficult, and different experiments have always disagreed – but a new ...

Ancient Antarctic ice is revealing a surprising new chapter in Earth’s climate story, stretching back 3 million years. By ...

Every year, millions of visitors stand at the clifftop lookouts along Victoria’s Great Ocean Road and gaze out at the Twelve ...

Eastern Africa’s Turkana Rift is both a hotbed for fossil discoveries of our earliest ancestors and a literal hotbed of ...

When an earthquake rupturing along a fault hits a barrier, it creates a seismic signature called the “stopping phase.” ...