Two recent papers, however, have shed light on what fungi were up to before 400 million years ago, the age of the oldest, non-controversial fungal fossils. In May, a team of researchers published ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Former Jamaican prime minister PJ Patterson is calling for an unprecedented economic alliance between Africa and the Caribbean to forge what he termed “Global Africa’s ...

Cave Discovery Shows Voyagers Brought Rice Past 2,300Km Of Pacific Ocean This study provides strong evidence that the first long-distance ocean crossings into the Pacific were not accidental ...

Tectonic Jigsaw Figuring that out means first understanding how plate tectonics work. Earth was born 4.54 billion years ago in the pyres of the early solar system. Once entirely molten, the heat ...

Interestingly, this coincides with the formation of Pangea, though scientists aren’t sure exactly if the formation of the supercontinent is related to the increase or a coincidence, as the data ...

A tiny jaw fossil in east-central Greenland leads to the discovery of a new mammal-like species, Nujalikodon cassiopeiae, from 200 million years ago.

Thriving in a warm climate at the time the supercontinent Pangaea was breaking up, Ceratosaurs lived across what are now North America, Europe, and parts of Africa, alongside herbivores such as ...

Back then, the continent was part of Gondwana—a supercontinent shared with Africa, South America, and Australia. Instead of ice, Antarctica featured flowing rivers, forests, and roaming dinosaurs.