A limestone quarry in Hunan province, China, has yielded more than 150 species dating back approximately 512 million years — ...

Professor Tim Coulson describes evolution as a gradual process that alters living organisms over generations. The mechanism ...

A team of researchers working in China’s Hunan province has unearthed more than 50,000 fossil specimens from one small quarry, identifying 91 previously unknown species that lived approximately 512 ...

Tiny insects trapped in amber could tell us a great deal about their roles in past ecosystems: pollinators, parasites, predators, and prey. But how many of the insects preserved alongside each other ...

The study of fossilized resin stones containing several creatures allowed scientists to recreate the interactions between ...

A photographer captured this extraordinary site where whales' bodies lie in the shallows, with troubling repercussions for the deep oceans.

The scientists examined the lineages of two groups of bivalves—marine invertebrates that include clams, oysters, mussels, and ...

Nature “show us that life is not only possible but abundant outside of narrow boxes, binaries, and prescriptions.” ...

The transition from non-life to life was very likely aided by an asteroid hitting Earth, prebiotic chemistry, molecular ...

New Zealand's earlier efforts to safeguard marine or coastal environments, particularly as marine reserves and marine ...

CRISPR gene drives bias inheritance in pests, advancing population-level control while raising questions about resistance and ecological governance.

Ants and other species who lived alongside dinosaurs but preserved in fossilized tree resin reveal a great deal about their roles.