Researchers have uncovered a golden-colored, 450-million-year-old fossil of a new arthropod species, preserved in fool’s gold ...

A shimmering ancient fossil unearthed in New York state looks like a piece of finely crafted jewelry, but it’s also a portal ...

A new study suggests that extreme temperatures could lead to a mass extinction event, ending the reign of humans and mammals ...

Humans and other mammals will in the future vanish from Earth in a mass extinction event linked to extreme temperatures, a ...

The study claims that Earth's continents are drifting and will one day form a single supercontinent. This will be accompanied ...

Researchers have identified two starfish species in ancient ritual offerings unearthed 33 years ago in Tula, Mexico.

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, ...

Hale-Bopp originated in the Oort Cloud, a theoretical shell of icy planetesimals surrounding the sun in the outer reaches of ...

Making the jump from using symbols to writing is considered a major development in human cognitive abilities. Tracing how and ...

Tropical Storm Rafael formed in the Caribbean on Monday, a storm that's predicted to intensify into a hurricane and threaten the U.S. Gulf Coast by this weekend, the National Hurricane Center said ...