New research from the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart reconstructs Triassic terrestrial ecosystems using fossils ...

A new study recently published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, provides new insights into the meteorological ...

I am not a paleontologist. However, I am a formally trained researcher, and an area of keen interest for me is biblical APOLOGETICS (the defense of Scripture against other worldviews and ...

Five 'mass extinctions' have decimated our planet since it was formed - now scientists claim the answers to two could be written in the stars.

Supernovas are powerful explosions marking the death of massive stars. They spread elements like carbon, calcium, and iron ...

William Lucas, who has died aged 102, was the director of Nasa’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the ...

A supernova — the explosive death of a massive star — can leave behind a black hole or neutron star. These cosmic blasts are element factories, spreading carbon, calcium, and iron across space, ...

Newly analyzed fossil skeleton of Mixodectes pungens reveals its tree-dwelling lifestyle, dietary habits, and ties to ...

While modern trees like maples and ashes have switched to wind pollination — releasing clouds of pollen to be scattered at ...

It’s hard to imagine that some creatures on Earth have survived for millions of years. While many species have come and gone, ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted by an asteroid collision ...