A bizarre fossil called Prototaxites, which was the largest life-form on land 400 million years ago, may have been a ...

Ancient evidence suggests a new twist in how we all got here.

Hundreds of millions of years before dinosaurs, the tallest things on land were not trees or animals but towering, trunk-like ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Although it’s long been suggested that hydrothermal vents could’ve played a starring ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. We’ve pieced together a remarkably detailed timeline of ...

Earth has seen many different and strange forms of life over hundreds of millions of years. Scientists examine fossils to understand the evolution of life in the past and in this way understand the ...

From deep-sea hydrothermal vents to freezing glaciers, there are plenty of harsh environments on Earth. But they’re nothing compared with outer space. There are, however, a growing list of species, ...