Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Everything has its pecking order, and geology is no exception. The cocks of the rocks are the big, swaggering periods of the past that fill books, television programmes and natural-history museums.

Life may have survived in shallow liquid oceans during an extreme ice age around 650 million years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

The Jurassic period was characterized by a warm, wet climate that gave rise to lush vegetation and abundant life. Many new dinosaurs emerged—in great numbers. Above, Dimorphodon reptiles fly over a ...

Of the incredible creatures that once dominated the Earth, it is the larger, terrestrial animals that get the most attention.

Geological evidence of the transition when Earth was plunged into a planetary-wide deep-freeze discovered in ancient Scottish rocks. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The origin of life on Earth has long remained a mystery. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Cosmic dust may have helped to ...

For much of the last 485 million years, the global climate fluctuated wildly between extremely hot and extremely cold weather, findings that researchers said have major implications for today’s ...

A misleading bar chart comparing modern carbon dioxide (CO2) levels to those millions of years before humans existed ignores a large CO2 increase during the human era that has changed the climate and ...