Evolution, a new five-part series tells the extraordinary story of how life on Earth has changed over more than four billion ...

They may look like spiders, but daddy longlegs belong to a different group of arachnids entirely. Here's why they're more ...

Nearly 660 kilometers (410 miles) beneath Earth's surface lies one of the planet's most important internal boundaries. Known ...

Deep oceans contain microbes with yet-to-be-discovered properties that could drive future innovations in biotechnology.

The ozone layer’s most famous wound opened over Antarctica, but the damage may have started much earlier, and somewhere else ...

Blind Mexican cavefish became active in light while surface fish reacted to darkness, revealing how evolution rewired brains.

We might not have to go scorched Earth after all. Contrary to popular belief, the Earth might actually weather the fiery death of the sun that’s expected to engulf our neighbors, per a relieving study ...

Exoplanet atmospheres have become prime targets for astrobiologists in the search for life beyond Earth. This is because exoplanet surfaces can't be directly imaged yet, so astronomers must get ...

A new trail on Scotland's east coast takes travellers into Earth's ancient past, where scientists proved the planet was ...

Ancient deep-sea organisms suggest movement, sexual reproduction, and complex animal life began earlier than previously thought.

Put differently, the gap between evolution and creationism stands at 42 points in Canada, but at just eight points in the U.S ...

You might think that legendary sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke would've adored the Star Trek franchise, but that wasn't ...