Fossils offer a glimpse into Earth's ancient life, revealing the origins and evolution of complex organisms. Discoveries like ...

Stanford study shows ocean biomass has risen over 540 million years, linking biodiversity to long-term ecosystem health.

Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...

Biomass reveals the real impact and energy flow of life in an ecosystem, like knowing not just the cast of a play, but who ...

A new study of ancient fossil trails pushes the origins of complex life deeper into Earth’s history, before the Cambrian Period began.

Rather than a constant upward trajectory of evolution, it’s been billions of years of boom-and-bust cycles – first an explosion of life, and then a mass extinction of all but the most hardy hangers-on ...

A worker with the Department of Environmental Protection was killed Saturday morning in a "large" explosion while working on a docked boat in the Hudson River, the agency and the FDNY said. The 59 ...

Fire personnel were just half a mile away when they heard the explosion and arrived before the first 911 call came in at 4:57 p.m.," said Rachael Gunaratnam, emergency response group chair.