A 47-million-year-old cicada fossil has been discovered in Europe.

By combing the details preserved by both fossils, Victor and a team of scientists concluded that the animal was an extinct species new to science. Sphenodraco scandentis appears to be the earliest ...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

The Geology Museum at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka—University of Otago smells of old wood and older rocks. The walls are lined with ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

Sphenodraco scandentis is a relative of lizards that would have climbed among the trees in ancient Jurassic forests.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s National Museum offered a glimpse of its renovated building and collection on Monday, two days ...

By confirming the age of these rocks, and that they might just be the oldest rocks on Earth, we’re finally opening the door ...

The gold standard for determining the age of ancient rocks is measuring the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium into lead in minerals known as zircons. But not all rocks contain zircons, so ...

Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s ...

Humans and our ancestors have been creating tools, art, and everyday objects for millions of years, and each unexpected ...