It's the first time Earth's geologic record — information found inside rocks — has been used to create an animation of this ...

"Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts," said ...

The researchers say experimental simulations—combined with geological, geophysical and geodetic data—explain the enigmatic ...

Climate change and asteroids are linked with animal origin and extinction -- and plate tectonics also seems to play a key evolutionary role, 'groundbreaking' new fossil research reveals. The discovery ...

In a discovery that challenges our understanding of Earth's ancient history, researchers have found evidence suggesting that ...

Evidence suggests Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, causing a surge in meteorite impacts and possibly ...

Coelacanth fossils like these are useful because two known coelacanth species are still alive today. They are likened to ...

Researchers in China and Australia have created an animation that details Earth's tectonic movements over the past 1.8 ...

Within just a few million years, the continental plates begin to bend and squish toward each other. Around 200 million years ...

Our planet has an outer layer made up of several plates, which move relative to one another. While we may take this knowledge ...

The ancient coelacanth, which has existed for some 419 million years, never stopped evolving despite its reputation as a ...

Coelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can reach up to two metres in ...