The earliest forms of animal life on our planet continue to fascinate scientists, who are seeking to unravel the mystery of ...

That’s according to a recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which detected ...

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh glimpse into life on Earth at a time when flowering plants were just beginning ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Hidden nearly 2,300 feet beneath the Atlantic Ocean, scientists have uncovered an ancient and active undersea landscape that may hold clues to life’s earliest beginnings — and even the potential for ...

A new study used mathematical formulas and demonstrated that it’s highly unlikely life began on Earth. Instead, the researcher points to panspermia, a theory that life or the ingredients for life came ...

New research from Japan's iron-rich hot springs shows how early microbes may have harnessed iron and oxygen during the Great Oxygenation Event. Some 2.3 billion years ago, the Earth would have been ...

Sept. 10 (UPI) --The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced Wednesday that it may have found signs of ancient life on Mars. In a press release, NASA said its Perseverance Mars rover ...