The ice was extracted from the deep ocean in East Antarctica earlier this year and is thought to be around 1.2 million years ...

The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

Something strange happens to water as it moves through the stems of horsetail plants – and this unique process provides ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

The event in question is the Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction, also known as the “Great Dying,” which occurred around 252 million years ago and wiped out nearly 90% of life on Earth.

These ancient cores may contain clues about an unexplained change in Earth’s glacial-interglacial cycles, and could shed ...

Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

CT scans of Cretaceous fossils reveal seven ancient worm species that bored into marine bones and shaped deep-sea ecosystems.

New simulations reveal that an ancient ocean of magma located above the Earth's core continues to shape the planet's ...

Scientists found ancient ice cores that hold the mysteries of the past and possibly future climate change.A rare cylinder was ...