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

A mass extinction created the ecological conditions that set the stage for a dramatic shift in marine life.

Giant DNA viruses that infect eukaryotic cells are thought to have played a role in the evolution of life, according to the ...

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

The discovery, published in the Journal of Virology in November 2025, adds weight to the viral eukaryogenesis hypothesis.

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, ...

Living cells pay a hidden energy price not just to run chemical reactions, but to keep them on track and block all the ...

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses.

Life on Earth exists in places once thought completely uninhabitable. This video explores the most extreme creatures known to ...