By analyzing certain bacteria in the Dead Sea that don’t contain ... the first microfossils in Precambrian rock in 1953, it pushed the origin of life back more than a billion years.

The flight of time is measured by the weaving of composite rhythms— day and night, calm and storm, summer and winter, birth and death—such as these are sensed in the brief life of man.

Seeing what vast changes have taken place on the earth— so many thousands of feet of solid rock formed by slow deposition in water, so many new forms of life ... of the pre-Cambrian (or Archrean ...

It’s the perfect Mother’s Day adventure whether Mom is a seasoned hiker or someone who considers the walk from the parking ...

Like finding an original Picasso at a garage sale, discovering Tumbled Rock Trail in Baraboo feels like you’ve stumbled upon ...

Image source: BBC Earth Deep under the sea, a real-life master of disguise lies in wait — take a look at the Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus), nature's ultimate chameleon. It can change ...

I climbed aboard the 740-passenger-capacity ship named “Serenity” in San Juan a week earlier knowing full-well the luxury life at sea would finish in Fort Lauderdale. But, suitcase packed ...

It has affected thousands of sea lions and other sea life in the area, killing more dolphins than in years past and at least two whales. "These domoic acid events are getting bigger and worse and ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

Scientists discovered complex life may have started 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought thanks to phosphorus.