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

Scientists in Brazil found a very old ant fossil. This fossil is 113 million years old. It is of a 'hell ant,' a type of ...

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

During the Permian-Triassic extinction, Inostrancevia, a saber-toothed predator, emerged as a dominant force. Fossils ...

There are indicators of impending catastrophe as well as reasons for hope 55 years after we first celebrated Earth Day, ...

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

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 ...

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

(Reuters) -Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of the oldest-known ant - a winged insect with fearsome ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing over a period of roughly 30 million years, but that would come to a halt ...

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

Fifty-five years ago, some 20 million Americans participated at gatherings and other events for the first Earth Day. The ...