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Scientists break down the reasons why days are getting shorter—and the mystery they're still trying to solve about Earth's ...
In an incredible twist of fate, a retired chicken farmer unearthed a 240-million-year-old amphibian fossil in a pile of rocks ...
Earth has experienced both hot and cold periods over time, though warm times have been more common. That’s true of the last 485 million years, as seen in this timeline reported in 2024. Our genus, ...
Imagine stepping back 200 million years into a world vastly different from the Earth we know today. During the age of dinosaurs, one colossal landmass, Pangaea, dominated the surface, surrounded by ...
Research data suggests humans may have nearly gone extinct almost 1 million years ago, but scientists aren't sure why.
New data shows that CO2 levels have broken through 430 parts per million, an indication that human-caused global warming will continue to warp the environment.
The ocean that covered southern Germany nearly 180 million years ago wasn’t a welcoming place for soft tissue. When a creature died, skin and muscle usually vanished long before minerals replaced bone ...
Imagine the prehistoric world and the challenges of survival during the age of dinosaurs 200 million years ago.
Fresh paleomagnetic data from Italy shows Earth's crust tipped and corrected itself 84 million years ago, confirming true polar wander. (CREDIT: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio) ...
Earth’s marine species, especially those at the tropics, were in trouble again about 419 million to 365 million years ago. This series of mass extinctions during the Devonian period eventually ...
How did the dinosaurs go extinct? Most dinosaurs suddenly went extinct about 66 million years ago after an asteroid struck Earth.
Scientists studying the geology of the Ordovician Period about 466 million years ago report evidence that Earth's ring system created a telltale pattern of impact craters, and it may also explain ...