Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through where these ...

The molecules, while not a direct sign of life, still signal the existence of complex chemistry on the Red Planet.

The Antarctic sponge may be the oldest animal on Earth, living up to 15,000 years. In the icy waters of Antarctica, ...

One thing geology teaches us about is the existence of another monumental event in the history of Earth, 2.4 billion years ...

Researchers reveal Prototaxites, a giant Devonian fossil, was not a fungus or plant but a unique extinct lineage.