Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.

Humans have been around on Earth for thousands of years, but there was a period when humanity was almost wiped out of ...

In many countries, women are having fewer babies than their previous generations. As birth rates fall, how long will it take ...

Research data suggests humans may have nearly gone extinct almost 1 million years ago, but scientists aren't sure why.

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

Hobbits hunting tiny elephants. Cavemen hunting each other. Science can tell us a lot about our past — namely, that it took plenty of trial and error to get modern humans. Here's what we know about ...

Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to ...

Even though there are 8 billion people on Earth today, a catastrophe could send that number much lower within a few decades.

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected ...

As Ronald Reagan aptly said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” May that not happen on our ...

Chennai: If one were to write the history of humankind from a climatic perspective, it would have a pre-2024 era and a ...