Until now, Antarctica was the only continent on Earth without any known amber fossils. But sediment cores taken from below the seafloor have revealed a tiny piece of fossilized resin holding fragments ...

New research shows that volcanoes erupted on the far side of the moon billions of years ago, mirroring activity on the near ...

Scientists uncovered the "mystery mollusk," a strange glowing sea creature lurking in the ocean's midnight depths.

We have invested more than 20 years in understanding the natural history of this fascinating species of nudibranch. Our ...

A rare Triassic fossil unearthed in Brazil, Gondwanax paraisensis, could provide new insights into the origins of dinosaurs.

The amber, excavated from Pine Island Bay in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, provides a unique snapshot of life in prehistoric ...

"Our discovery is a new piece of the puzzle that can help better understand the largest habitat on Earth."A 'devious' ...

Three conspiracy theory themed puzzles are laid out here for you to crack - and some are much harder than others.

The origin of life, and how to get to that very point, have been as mysterious as they are fascinating. It is one of the greatest questions that humans have att ...

LONDON — British writer Samantha Harvey won the Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday with “Orbital,” a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station that ponders the beauty and ...

If Earth's astronomical observatories were to pick up a signal from outer space, it would need an all-hands-on-deck effort to decipher the extraterrestrial message. A father-daughter team of citizen ...

A recently published study in Science challenges theories regarding the origins of a significant transition through the Earth ...