Today, fossils feel almost self-explanatory. You see a tooth, a shell, or a skeleton in a museum case and instinctively treat it as evidence of ancient life, preserved over immense spans of time. That ...

Modern Nautilus and Allonautilus species inhabit deeper waters than their extinct ancestors did over 500 million years ago.

Oil giant Shell plans to boost fossil fuel production even as the company says it still aims to zero out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Critics concerned about climate change say to meet that ...

The world's oldest octopus fossil is no longer an octopus. A new study by researchers says the 300-million-year-old creature ...

Legal & General Investment Management, the UK’s largest asset manager, said it wants Shell Plc to explain how it thinks it can still reach net zero emissions by 2050 while ratcheting up investments in ...

The UK's largest asset manager said it wants Shell to explain how it can reach net zero by 2050 while ratcheting up investments in fossil fuels. Image by KatarzynaBialasiewicz via iStock Legal & ...