The planet is on the cusp of triggering the sixth mass extinction event. Conserving a small percentage of land could make all ...

Eating meat-heavy diets speeds up species extinction, while plant-based diets use less land and help save wildlife.

When Earth’s ancient supercontinent Nuna broke apart, it reshaped oceans, cooled the climate, and set the stage for complex ...

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a ...

Earth's 'Boring Billion' created the conditions for complex life to exist, report scientists at the universities of Sydney ...

A study led by researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Adelaide has revealed how the breakup of an ...

Scientists identified a temperature-related factor affecting all life on Earth, with broad implications for all species as ...

Nature has become a rounding error on a planet dominated by humanity, and for some things we don’t even need our machines to do it.

JWST found a carbon-atmosphere planet orbiting a pulsar, challenging current models of how planets form. Scientific progress ...

Some experts believe that we're already in a sixth mass extinction event, but given the numbers, others aren't so sure.

Fungi’s evolutionary roots stretch far deeper than once believed — up to 1.4 billion years ago, long before plants or animals ...

Scientists have traced the origins of complex life to the breakup of the supercontinent Nuna 1.5 billion years ago. This ...