Scientists found a 430-million-year-old leech fossil, Macromyzon siluricus. It shows leeches first lived in oceans and did not drink blood.

The wrestlers live in boarding schools, many of them since childhood. EL PAÍS visited them during their training sessions, to learn about their lives and their dreams ...

No longer the toy commercials of the '80s, the best Transformers comics are full of sophisticated science fiction and philosophy.

EXP opens Friday in Rosemont. The immersive experience hub features different VR experiences, including ancient Egypt and Earth's evolution.

The oceans carry a long memory of Earth’s climate. With each pulse of carbon and each rise in temperature, the water records the story. Today, it continues to absorb huge amounts of human-generated ...

The findings show that the common ancestor of the extant fungi was about 1.4 to 900 million years ago. That is far earlier than when the first genuine land plants are visible in the rocks around 470 ...

New lunar samples from the far side reveal it formed from cooler magma than the near side, confirming the Moon’s interior is not uniform. Researchers suggest fewer heat-producing elements on the far ...

Regardless, unless NASA gets the chance to outfit a similar mission soon, China may well return a Mars sample first, which could have some heavy ramifications.

Current conditions in Japanese hot springs give clues as to how some of these ancient microorganisms survived and adapted.

Copper smelters once used iron oxide to refine copper, unintentionally advancing the path toward iron metallurgy. Research conducted at Cranfield University provides new insight into the shift from ...

Clear fossil evidence can be found most of the five major groups – here we see a Dickinsonia fossil, providing evidence of ancient animal life. Professor Gergely J. Szöllősi, author on this study and ...

Mysterious spectral data from Mars reveals a previously unknown mineral, indicating a dynamic past capable of supporting life.