Researchers have identified two starfish species in ancient ritual offerings unearthed 33 years ago in Tula, Mexico.

This critically endangered animal, known for its long, thin snout with a bulbous growth at the end, split off from other crocodilian species 40 million years ago.

Chinese scientists have found abiotic organic compounds in the ocean crust, shedding light on deep-sea carbon cycles and life ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.

A recently published study in Science challenges theories regarding the origins of a significant transition through the Earth ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, Canadian researchers have identified a new type of microscopic organism, hemimastigotes, which ...

Billions of years ago, Earth was home to extreme environments, including intense UV radiation, frequent volcanic eruptions, and very high concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Yet, under ...

Old or new, sedimentary or igneous, some of the Earth's crust drifts below the surface at subduction zones, where one continental plate overlaps another. When it does, some of it melts, eventually ...

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