A new study theorizes that evolution ticks at different speeds, especially when a big group of organisms first appears.

During these waves of mass extinction, most vertebrate survivors were confined to refugia, or isolated biodiversity hotspots ...

Ushikuvirus, an amoeba-infecting giant virus, joins the family of giant viruses that may have driven the evolution of complex ...

Some 445 million years ago, life on Earth was forever changed. During the geological blink of an eye, glaciers formed over ...

About 445 million years ago, Earth nearly wiped out life in the oceans. Glaciers spread across the supercontinent Gondwana, ...

The rebrand reflects the organization’s strategic evolution from a procurement-focused provider to a comprehensive, ...

Red blood is the exception, not the rule. Evolution has painted it green, purple and white in animals that push physiology ...

Discover how the first mass extinction put jawed fishes on the map, species that would later come to dominate animal life on ...

Four Oxford University academics have been honoured in the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)'s 2026 Awards , announced today. Each year the RAS Awards ...

Dr Mike McDonagh explains the chemical and physical processes involved in forming lead dioxide and pure lead in lead-acid battery plates.

The way Sahaleanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone ...