New evidence from rocks, molecules and machine learning is forcing scientists to redraw the opening chapters of Earth’s story, pushing the first stirrings of biology far closer to the planet’s violent ...

Scientists believe they’ve found evidence that life on Earth is over a billion years older than anyone believed was realistic. New research used machine learning to scan ancient meteorites and fossils ...

This video presents a complete timeline of Australia’s prehistoric life, spanning early marine creatures to the continent’s distinctive dinosaurs. It explores how isolation and shifting climates ...

Scientists have long wondered why Earth's overall makeup doesn't fully match the mix of materials found in ancient meteorites. One hypothesis has been that our proto-Earth (what the earliest stages of ...

The brand new installment of the award-winning natural history series Planet Earth comes Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, which is set to debut exclusively on Apple TV+ Wednesday, Nov. 26. The new ...