Earth’s history is filled with incredible milestones, and the emergence of the first animals is one of the most captivating.

The fossil’s discovery in Brazil shows that ants have been around for longer than once thought. This insect impaled its prey ...

Researchers created 3D models of ancient tracks in Oregon’s John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. The study revealed a ...

Scientists discovered complex life may have started 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought thanks to phosphorus.

As the Earth's crust shifted and groaned over millions of years, something extraordinary happened beneath the surface. Deep ...

In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has undergone five mass extinctions and we are potentially in a sixth era of mass ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

Two continents collided millions of years ago, forming a bridge that changed Earth's climate system and triggered one of ...

In 2009, the discovery of Titanoboa cerrejonensis fossils in Colombia's Cerrejón coal mine revealed a massive snake that ...

What roils beneath the Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution. In ...