A team of researchers studied the properties of membranes to understand how these cellular structures influenced the chemistry of life on Earth as it began.

The earliest cells harnessed energy through geochemical reactions, a process that LMU researchers have now successfully ...

NASA's Perseverance rover is exploring a new Mars region called Krokodillen, which is thought to harbor some of the oldest ...

When scientists talk about Earth’s history, they often mention huge numbers– billions of years, shifting continents, and ...

For most of human history, the overall population is believed to have remained quite low. But since the early 1800s, the ...

Life on Earth probably began in warm, underwater 'chemical gardens', rich in hydrogen and iron. Researchers from Germany have ...

Giant viruses, like the ones found in Yellowstone's hot springs, have been turning up in many odd corners of the planet.

The Perseverance rover on Mars just took an amazing selfie - but some of its most exciting work is just beginning.

While the tetrapods initially still needed water to reproduce, the evolution of the egg and internal fertilisation led to the first truly terrestrial vertebrates. Some of these animals, known as the ...

The footprints of a reptile-like creature appear to have been laid down around 356 million years ago, pushing back the ...

NASA's Perseverance rover is exploring a new Mars region called Krokodillen, which is thought to harbor some of the oldest ...