A 410-million-year-old fossil shows ancient lichens were shaping Earth’s surface long before forests took root.

The term “ecosystem engineering” has been used for decades as a way to describe organisms that drastically alter their ...

When Earth’s ancient supercontinent Nuna broke apart, it reshaped oceans, cooled the climate, and set the stage for complex ...

New research reveals that Earth’s so-called “Boring Billion” was a time of dramatic change beneath the surface.

An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has provided a unique insight into Earth's ...

5 mass extinctions wiped out 65–96% of species on Earth, with major events including the Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, ...

Carbon sustains life—but excess emissions are driving climate change. WWF is working to restore balance and protect our ...

Scientists have long wondered why Earth's overall makeup doesn't fully match the mix of materials found in ancient meteorites ...

For centuries, humans have looked to the stars, the oceans, and even the tiniest cells to answer one impossible question: why does life exist at all? From philosophers to physicists, theories have ...

For three decades now, I have watched Earth warm—not through headlines or politics, but in my own data. Every year, the ...

About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 b ushered in a new era of exoplanet research.

Archaeologists have studied how astronauts use the International Space Station to improve its potential future successors.