Some 445 million years ago, life on Earth was forever changed. During the geological blink of an eye, glaciers formed over ...

A rapid climate collapse during the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction devastated ocean life and reshuffled Earth’s ecosystems.

A devastating ice age wiped out most marine life, yet new research reveals how this ancient disaster unexpectedly paved the ...

In a new Science Advances study, researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) have now proved that ...

During a geological blink of an eye, glaciers formed over the supercontinent Gondwana, drying out many of the vast, shallow ...

A massive ice age wiped out ocean life 445 million years ago, reshaping ecosystems and setting the stage for jawed fish ...

A new history of American apologetics from Daniel K. Williams offers careful detail, worthwhile lessons, and an ambitious, sprawling, rollicking narrative.

Discover how the first mass extinction put jawed fishes on the map, species that would later come to dominate animal life on ...

Sexual behaviour among same-sex pairs is common in apes and monkeys, and a wide-ranging analysis suggests it does boost ...

Over the past half century, researchers have established that birds evolved from dinosaurs: specifically, the theropods, the ...

A small town in California was hit by earthquakes once every 22 years for over a century, setting the stage for a major ...