Butterflies and a moth species reused the same two genes, ivory and optix, to create similar warning colors over millions of ...

Kangaroos thrive on tough grass using thick enamel instead of complex teeth, revealing an unexpected path in evolution.

Scientists have pushed back LUCA’s origin by hundreds of millions of years.

We have only one example of biology forming in the universe – life on Earth. But what if life can form in other ways? How do you look for alien life when you don’t know what alien life might look like ...

Stars that pass by our solar system have altered the long-term orbital evolution of planets, including Earth, and, by extension, modified our climate. "Perturbations—a minor deviation in the course of ...

We have only one example of biology forming in the universe – life on Earth. But what if life can form in other ways? How do you look for alien life when you don’t know what alien life might look like ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. An international team of researchers investigated how Earth’s ...

The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet's history and require many complex processes working at once, according to new research. The cool ...

What would Earth be like if there were no Moon? Peter Allen RhodesNorth Bellmore, New York Without the Moon, Earth's geology, ...

Climate change. Habitat loss. The increasing spread of invasive species. These are just a few impacts of human activity — and to the animals on the front lines, even the slightest shift can feel like ...

Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the ...

Wednesday is Earth Day, a global day of support that raises awareness about the environment. Kathleen Rogers is the CEO of Earthday.org, a non-profit, global organization that grew out of the very ...