Also, the ancient sand at the tops of the burrows seems to have been regularly disturbed, indicating that it was likely occupied by an ambush predator. Sand strikers are a good fossil fit.

It’s a surprising truth that we know far more about our cosmic neighborhood than we do about the oceans on our own planet. It wasn’t until relatively recently, in the 1950s, t ...

This film explores the evolution of vascular plants, particularly ferns, through the study of ancient plant fossils. It highlights the anatomical features and adaptations that allowed early plants ...

Pangea’s existence was first proposed in 1912 by German meteorologist Alfred Wegener as a part of his theory of continental drift, a now widely accepted geological process.

The real answer came much later when we finally learned about plate tectonics in the 1960s, a development from the continental drift theory first proposed in the 1920s.

Continental drift: The movement of mainlands on the planet Earth in different periods from 250 million years ago to resent. (Credit: Noiel on Shutterstock) Most notably, the tropical origin hypothesis ...

This week, meet a big-brained ancient human relative, hear a meteorite as it lands on Earth, spot a tiny kangaroo-like marsupial, and more.

Most technologies developed last century depend on fossil fuels. Together with fishing interests, this drove a political desire to define nations' sovereignty over submarine continental extensions.

Access to fossil fuels drove the definition of nations’ sovereignty over submarine continental extensions. Now we need an agreement about how we use mineral resources on the ocean floor.