Earth won't remain habitable forever. According to some research, the aging Sun will render it lifeless in about 900 million ...

A team of researchers has linked Earth's slowing rotation to the Great Oxidation Event, which made the planet more habitable ...

Learn more about the Middle Island Sinkhole, an under water sinkhole with no oxygen.

While climate discussions often center around energy, transport, and agriculture, the construction sector remains a sleeping ...

Given that microbes helped make Earth habitable, we could use synthetic biology to engineer microbes to speed up a similar ...

And in this greenish glow, blue-green algae flourish. Despite their name, blue-green algae aren’t algae at all — they’re cyanobacteria: ancient, light-harvesting microbes that helped shape Earth’s ...

When we imagine the search for life on Mars, we often picture high-tech rovers scanning dusty landscapes or orbiters ...

However, ancient sediments and rocks hold chemical ... the development of oxygenic (oxygen-generating) photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and carbon deposition, fundamentally changed Earth's ...

On a spring morning, a search for a specific species of fern leads to a discussion on ancient plant history, vascular beauty ...