You’ve heard it before: we’re well into the sixth mass extinction of life on earth. Only this time, unlike the other five big ones, humans are overwhelmingly the killers responsible. As we continue to ...

Earth is far from a static place. That's true in the present, but it's even more apparent when you look to the past, as Earth has changes quite a bit over time.

BRECON, Wales – Every year in early October soldiers from more than 30 countries journey to the Welsh mountains of the United Kingdom to be weighed and measured by the Cambrian Patrol. The exercise ...

Around 500 million years ago, the world exploded with complex life. Prior to what is known as the Cambrian era, the planet was populated primarily with simple, microscopic organisms. But during the ...

Never mind the debate over whether OpenAI's GPT-5 release is disappointing, or whether it can revitalize the failing world of ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past half-billion years of Earth's history. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

Respiration and the body plans of animal life -- Oxygen through time -- Evolving respiratory systems as a cause of the Cambrian Explosion -- The Ordovician : Cambrian Explosion part II -- The Silurian ...

Why life might be widespread in the universe -- Habitable zones of the universe -- Building a habitable Earth -- Life's first appearance on Earth -- How to build animals -- Snowball Earth -- The ...