Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By ...

Most life on Earth relies on the sun’s energy for survival, but what about organisms in the deep sea that live beyond the ...

Scientists confirm that orcas and dolphins have lost the ability to return to dry land due to irreversible evolutionary ...

The research gives new insight into how life originated on Earth and where we might find it elsewhere in the universe. “Organic matter in meteorites reveals clues about early Solar System ...

the evolution of bats' wings and legs is tightly coupled, which may have prevented them from filling as many ecological niches as ... How Life Began on Earth: Modeling Earth's Ancient Atmosphere ...

What species will become the next rulers of Earth when humans are no longer dominant? Which creatures might inherit the throne?

Changing seasons makes some people anxious because they want things to stay the same. They love the cycle of sameness ...

Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA were present ...

A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as ...

Scientist have concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as previously thought, an insight that bears directly on the question of when life originated on the planet. The finding ...

researchers haven’t confirmed whether this rolling stone’s creative juices could’ve formed advanced organic structures a la the evolution of life on Earth. “We now know we have the basic ...

A team of researchers led by Katherine Bermingham from Rutgers University in New Brunswick has discovered that water did not ...