Scientists estimate that the first generation of reptiles evolved between 320 and 310 million years ago, this group was later dominated by dinosaurs which paleontologists say they evolved on Earth ...

On a clear night, the moon you gaze upon looks the same as it looked for the first humans that walked Earth—the same ...

Iron ore deposits are about 1.3 billion years younger than previously believed, reshaping both scientific thinking and mining ...

The strength of Earth’s magnetic field seems to rise and fall hand-in-hand with the abundance of oxygen in its atmosphere, a ...

Every breath we take in contains 21% oxygen, the gas that makes life on Earth possible. Oxygen, in its combined oxide state, ...

A study reveals that the oldest continental crust on Earth is slowly being broken up by shifting tectonic forces.

“We also find an approximately 0.3 percent chance that Mars will be lost through collision or ejection and an approximately 0 ...

Ten years ago, the way Britons carried groceries home changed forever, with the dawn of the plastic bag charge, then set at a relatively paltry five pence. The measure, which mandated a charge on all ...

The Paris target is based on very strong scientific evidence that the impacts of climate change would be far greater at 2C of ...

On Earth, gold is estimated to be more than four billion years old, with around 216,265 tonnes of gold mined throughout its ...

At a time of acute crisis, the threat posed by domestic extremists might fall down countries' list of political and security ...

A team of 60 international scientists report that by early 2028 society will have emitted enough greenhouse gases that the ...