A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS), along ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

Running along the Caribbean shores of the lush Yucatán Peninsula, Riviera Maya is a 100-mile (160km) stretch of sands ...

A new analysis of chemical signatures measured by NASA's Curiosity Rover gives a peek at Mars's past to a time some 3.7 ...

Scientists reveal that an asteroid impact in Finland created a long-lasting habitat where microbes thrived millions of years ...

The Grand Canyon is a gigantic geological library, with rocky layers that tell much of the story of Earth’s history.

A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS), along ...

For years, scientists thought Antarctica was the main source of meltwater that flooded the planet's oceans after the last ice age. But new research has flipped that story, and it has major ...

Fossil evidence confirms that a gigantic reptile, similar to the modern Komodo Dragon, lived four million years ago near ...

In new research, scientists report signs of a past methane cycle shift during the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum, a rapid ...

The Midcontinent Rift in North America may be able to produce enough natural hydrogen to produce a near-limitless amount of ...

Social feeds lit up with dusty red rocks, shiny angles and bold captions this week. The story behind them matters more. Claims that NASA’s Perseverance ...