A bizarre fossil called Prototaxites, which was the largest life-form on land 400 million years ago, may have been a completely unknown form of multicellular life, according to a new study.

Using the fossil record and modern cold-blooded critters, paleontologist Kelsey Jenkins recreates the hearing capabilities of ...

Fossils unearthed from the cavern provide a "missing volume" in New Zealand’s natural history, say researchers.

A rock face on the Monte Conero anticline holds many paddle-like footprint tracks packed together on one surface, likely made ...

The oldest crystals formed on Earth contain signs that continents existed during the Hadean Eon and were being subducted into the mantle more than 4 billion years ago. If true, this would not only ...

Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought.

The discovery of catalytic RNA transformed our understanding of life's beginnings. Clare Sansom explores how the RNA world ...