For more than 270 million years, trilobites were among the most successful and diverse creatures on Earth, with over 22,000 ...

A research team led by Academician Jin Zhijun from the Institute of Energy, Peking University, has revealed how interactions between Earth's tectonic activity and astronomical cycles jointly shaped ...

Long before dinosaurs dominated the land, Earth was shaped by unfamiliar seas, shifting continents, and experimental forms of ...

Surprising new research shows that, contrary to conventional belief, remains of chitin-protein complex -- structural materials containing protein and polysaccharide -- are present in abundance in ...

The end-Paleozoic witnessed the most devastating mass extinction in Earth's history so far, killing the majority of species and profoundly shaping the evolutionary history of the survivors.

Paleotemperature records indicate that Earth’s climate transitioned from greenhouse to icehouse conditions around 350 million years ago. This shift marked the onset of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age—one ...

Scientists have discovered the remains of a 450-million-year-old jellyfish. The discovery is rare as soft-bodied animals are ...

Don’t worry. This isn’t an announcement of a new invasion from elsewhere, but a leap into the past in the Paleozoic: the time of giant insects, 100 million years before the dinosaurs, during which ...

Scientists offered a strong link Thursday between the "Great Dying," when most life on Earth was wiped out 250 million years ago, and a massive asteroid strike in what is now the ocean near Australia.

A sledgehammer dealt the final blow to New York City’s dream of a paleontology museum. On May 3, 1871, workers broke into the workshop of famed British artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins. Inside, they ...

Washington, D.C.–Surprising new research shows that, contrary to conventional belief, remains of chitin-protein complex–structural materials containing protein and polysaccharide–are present in ...