Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

When the first spark of life emerged on a young, ocean-covered Earth some four billion years ago, it didn’t happen at once. The process was slow and drawn out over eons, with lifeless chemicals slowly ...

This theory was the brainchild of Francis Crick (yes, the one who helped identify DNA) and Leslie Orgel, the originator of ...

All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA. A study suggests that this organism likely lived on Earth only 400 million years after its formation. Further ...

Moving ice on early Earth exposed deep rocks, freed key elements, and nudged our planet toward conditions where complex life ...

TRAPPIST-1, a planetary system 40 light years from Earth, could host a planet with an atmosphere and liquid water, but astronomers can’t be certain just yet.

Bacteria made of mirror molecules could evade the immune system and outcompete native species, but strategies put in place ...

Bake them, freeze them, fire them from a gun or blast them into space: tardigrades can survive almost anything. Some experts ...

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for The Fantastic Four: First Steps.The Fantastic Four: First Steps has finally clobbered into theaters. This time, though, don't go in expecting the MCU ...

Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente, a paleoentomologist at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, also not involved, ...