Exceptionally well-preserved fossils of tiny worms, starfish, sponges, barnacles and other creatures with no modern parallel discovered at a quarry in Wales are painting a picture of life on Earth ...

And although the band of ancient craters is the only physical evidence such a ring ever existed, life on Earth likely ...

Ever since the invention of the telescope, humans have looked to the planet Saturn in awe of its magnificent system of rings.

The fossils that these layers contain are world-famous for the details that they record about life on Earth during the Late Ordovician Period. Besides preserving pieces of Earth's history, limestone ...

Menu Local Geology History, Resources, and Facilities Geologic History of Southwestern Ohio The same forces that cause volcanoes, mountains, and ocean basins also cause climatic changes that have ...

How will life on Earth end? Scientists explore extinction risks from asteroid impacts, gamma-ray bursts, and the Sun’s future transformation.

The "Big Five" mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic Eon have long attracted significant attention from the geoscience community and the public. Among them, the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction (LOME ...

The Ordovician Mass Extinction Killed 85 Percent Of Life On Earth In A Totally Unique Way And you've probably never even heard of it.

Specifically, the findings support the hypothesis that supernovae could have triggered two of the so-called "big five" mass extinctions: those at the end of the Ordovician Period, some 445 million ...

If you were to look up from Earth some 466 million years ago, you might have seen a gleaming ring stretching across the sky, some scientists say. A study published this month links an uptick in ...