So, let’s make a timeline of events of our events ... An Index fossil is any animal or plant preserved in the rock record of the Earth that is characteristic of a particular span of geologic time or ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Beneath the waves of the South Pacific lies Zealandia, a submerged landmass spanning nearly two million square miles. Often ...

From petrified forests to a fiery crater burning for 50+ years, these eight geological phenomena reveal Earth's mysterious forces.

The mantle is split up into two domains — the African and the Pacific — that emerged when supercontinent Pangaea broke apart.

The history of planet Earth is long: about 4.5 billion years. Scientists divide up this huge history using geological epochs, eons, eras and ages to create a timeline. Epochs can last for millions of ...

About 34 million years ago, Earth began to cool dramatically, transforming the climate from greenhouse to icehouse and causing sea levels to fall. As more land was exposed to weathering forces ...

Ken Macdonald, a marine geophysicist, explained how the layout of our Earth will change over millions of years ...

China 's Zhurong rover has unearthed new evidence supporting the theory that Mars once housed a vast ocean, a study published ...

New evidence collected by China's Zhurong rover makes a compelling case for the existence of ancient oceans on Mars.

An unexpected find in tiny crystals hints that the Earth's mantle may not quite behave as has been believed for nearly a century.

China's Zhurong rover has discovered evidence suggesting Mars once had an ocean. The rover found geological formations ...