A timeline of 485 million years of Earth’s surface temperatures shows ancient greenhouse conditions were hotter than scientists thought.

A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's ...

Researchers have found evidence suggesting that Earth may have had a ring system, which formed around 466 million years ago.

Coelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can reach up to two meters in ...

Researchers created a curve of global mean surface temperature throughout deep time, providing context for understanding ...

A new study co-led by the University of Arizona and the Smithsonian offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's ...

It's the first time Earth's geologic record — information found inside rocks — has been used to create an animation of this kind.

A new study offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million ...

At that time, what is now Ireland was submerged under a shallow tropical sea. The marine environment was home to a wide ...

A new study offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million years. The data show that Earth has been and can be warmer than today -- but ...

Deep beneath our feet, at a staggering depth of over 5,100km, lies Earth's inner core — a solid ball of iron and nickel that plays a crucial role in shaping the conditions we experience on the ...

A new study from Monash University scientists suggests that Earth may have had a ring system that formed around 466 million ...