"The Grand Canyon is an epic Rosetta Stone for geology," Denver Museum of Nature and Science geologist James Hagadorn said.

But to find that complexity, we must take the lessons of the boring billion to heart. Planets are not just a stage on which ...

Since soon after our planet formed, Earth's 4.6 billion-year-long history was dominated by single-celled life. Something ...

A large chunk of the Earth's crust is missing but scientists have now discovered where it is located. The world is constantly throwing puzzling questions at scientists, with new technology like space ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

were among the most successful organisms ever to populate Earth. These familiar marine arthropods first arose about 545 million years ago in the early Cambrian and thrived throughout the world's ...

Between 635 to 541 million years ago, during the Ediacaran Period, Earth witnessed a remarkable emergence of early life.

Armed with advanced technology, decades of expertise, and insights from an NSF-funded study, a multi-institution team of ...

If Earth's history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31.

Uncover the golden fossil of Lomankus edgecombei, a 450-million-year-old arthropod, offering rare insights into ancient ...

Geoscientists employed current-day stratigraphic, depositional and paleontological models, along with modern technological muscle to provide updated insights of the Cambrian period of the Grand Canyon ...