Researchers have unearthed the tiny, fossilized teeth of the earliest-known relative of primates, pushing its range further south than ever before and giving us new insights into how it spread through ...

Hell Creek is the most dinosaur-synonymous place on Earth because it preserves North America’s last living giants right up against the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary - the point where the world flips ...

Helium-3 dating reveals new plankton species emerged within thousands—and sometimes just 2,000—years after the dinosaur-killing impact, showing life recovered far faster than assumed.

Being able to spot the Earth, let alone any signs of life on our planet, would require an enormous telescope from 66 million ...

Volcanoes might seem like nature’s incinerators, but using them to burn up trash would be dangerous and disrespectful to ...

See how trees rose, endured and survived across 500 million years; evolving superpowers and weaponry; and shaping how we grip ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: • Scientists discovered that life rebounded at extraordinary speed after the asteroid impact 66 million years ago, with new plankton species evolving ...

If we could wander through a Jurassic Age forest from 160 million years ago, at least a few species would seem oddly familiar (and no, not from the movies). Ancient ancestors to the brilliant array of ...

An artist's interpretation of life and death after the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. The three hair-covered forms (left) represent species of plankton found inside the crater made by ...

In September 2025, an X post (archived) viewed over 1 million times claimed the world's biggest meteorite impact crater was in Mexico and included a video of the purported site. The video and claim ...