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

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

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

The Earth doesn’t have seven continents after all. From a young age, we're taught that the world consists of Africa, ...

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

Rocky planets that are about earth-size, or maybe two to three times larger, will offer the best chances for simple microbial ...

Antarctica is covered by a miles-thick ice sheet, but was that always the case? And when was the coldest continent ice-free?

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The strait was formed millions of years ago when the tectonic plates between the two islands shifted, reconfiguring the Earth’s crust. This resulted in the formation of a thick continental crust in ...

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The data, presented at a conference in 1966 by Sykes, showed that continental drift—now known as plate tectonics—was indeed ... important societal things science could contribute to, and ...