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 ...

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 ...

The Science Museum’s new exhibition “Ultimate Dinosaurs” tells the story of the breakup of supercontinent Pangaea into the land masses we know today.

At the beginning of the Triassic, all the world’s major landmasses were gathered together into a supercontinent known as Pangaea. In its southwestern corner, in what is now South America, the first ...

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.

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.

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.

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.