A sweeping new study has unveiled a global map of marine mollusks that reflects not just present-day ocean conditions but ...

Long-standing questions about the migration of early modern humans in East Asia may finally be answered, thanks to a rare and ...

Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the major global ocean currents. The geological age of the currents plays a ...

Earth's earliest life forms developed ways to survive the harmful effects of arsenic to cope with dramatic changes in their ...

A submerged river valley under the Madura Strait was found packed with Homo erectus fossils and other bones submerged since ...

Ancient limestones reveal how volcanic carbon once suffocated the oceans - offering a stark warning as modern oxygen levels ...

Audiences will be able to embark on a real-time exploration of the waters surrounding Guadalcanal and the naval battles that ...

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally hot for 5 million years. Researchers say they have figured out why using a ...

The infamous witch trials may have put this Boston suburb on the map, but they’ve also overshadowed much of its magic. Here’s ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

Rocks from the Hadean Eon, the first period in the geological timescale, have been dated in Québec. These are some of the ...

Five paddlers journeyed from Taiwan to Japan’s southern Yonaguni Island in 45 hours. Their efforts provide new insights into ...