The transition from water to land is one of the most remarkable chapters in the history of life on Earth. Over 360 million years ago, life began its slow but steady migration from the oceans onto dry ...

A new study links toxic algae found in bowhead whales to ocean warming - a growing threat to Arctic food webs.

Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river drainage systems. Water is the biosphere's lifeblood, and without it, Earth ...

Buck Full Moon is here. What does it mean for you? Find your full moon horoscope and where to see it in Australia.

Earth’s biodiversity could be driven by a deep, tectonically controlled cycle that spans millions of years. The Tectonic ...

Micrometeorites raining down from space may have provided the perfect surfaces for the first primitive cells to form on Earth ...

The Great Oxidation Event (GOE) was a major turning point when oxygen began to build up in Earth’s atmosphere and surface ...

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the world were wiped out, disrupting the carbon cycle and ensuring that Earth re ...

Understanding where and in what quantities essential elements for life have existed on Earth's surface helps explain the ...

Scientists have long agreed this event was triggered by a sudden surge in greenhouse gases which resulted in an intense and ...

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally hot for 5 million years. Researchers say they have figured out why using a ...