UC College of Arts and Sciences Professor Thomas Algeo has been studying the planet's five major mass extinctions since the ...

New geological data indicate that marine life is somewhat resilient to warming in the tropics. Chris Fokkema, Earth scientist ...

Inspired by this theme in modern scientific resources and an undergraduate project at Penn State Brandywine by student ...

Helium-3 dating reveals new plankton species emerged within thousands—and sometimes just 2,000—years after the dinosaur-killing impact, showing life recovered far faster than assumed.

California lawmakers are pondering whether to re-introduce the grizzly bear after the massive bear species has been extinct ...

A creature whose relatives evolved roughly 500 million years ago — before dinosaurs, before trees — was sitting on the ocean ...

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A 2023 satellite photo highlights the point where a trio of rivers converges in Guyana. One of the waterways has been ...

The University of Maine is rolling out a free satellite-driven model to help oyster farmers predict when their crop will ...

Deep beneath Antarctica’s ice, scientists have uncovered a geological archive that could reshape predictions of future ...

Researchers from the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean and Environment helped lead the charge of underwater ...

Scientists at MIT have found compelling chemical evidence that Earth’s earliest animals were likely ancient sea sponges.