If you trace the animal family tree back through the fossil record, the trail usually goes cold about 539 million years ago. Before this boundary—the start of the famous Cambrian explosion—multicelled ...

A strange set of ancient fossils is forcing scientists to rethink one of paleontology’s most stubborn assumptions: that ...

Scientists have discovered that anaerobic microbes played a vital role in preserving a 183‑million‑year‑old ichthyosaur fossil in striking three‑dimensional detail. The microbes produced sulfide ...

Paleocanna tentaculum’ was more closely related to today’s marine invertebrates than its prehistoric relatives.

A visit to New Mexico's Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness feels like exploring another planet.

Mars may look barren today, but beneath its dusty surface, scientists are uncovering clues that tell a very different story.

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A green shift away from hydrocarbons may reduce reliance on oil and thus chokepoints like Hormuz, but it won’t necessarily ...

In “Why Do We Exist?” Hakeem Oluseyi explores how life may emerge to move energy through matter—and why Earth is the perfect ...

WITH the Middle East in flames and a fifth of the world’s supplies of oil and gas in limbo thanks to the uncertain status of the Strait of Hormuz, it’s tempting to imagine that a clean-energy world ...

States that are energy-independent may find themselves less fearful of conflict. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...