While fossils have a way of captivating the imagination — sparking wonder in people from all walks of life ... Cenozoic era, becoming increasingly specialized for preying on and scavenging ...

Megalodon roamed the seas from approximately 23 to 3.6 million years ago during the Cenozoic Era ... crucial role in its marine ecosystem by regulating the population of large marine animals.

Rust can be incredibly annoying if it appears on your new bicycle or car, but if you are a free-floating baby marine animal ...

Life needs sufficient phosphorus. However, the element is scarce, not only today but also at the time of the origin of life. So where was there sufficient phosphorus four billion years ago for life to ...

Levels of lead and other heavy metals spiked in L.A.’s coastal waters after the January fires, raising serious concerns for ...

Earth scientist Craig Walton has a new answer: large soda lakes without natural runoff could maintain phosphorus concentrations for a sufficiently long time, even if life begins to exist in them ...

A hidden ecosystem of giant sea spiders, octopuses, and other stunning sea creatures shows how life can flourish even when sealed off from the surface by a thick layer of ice.

The Extremely Large Telescope will revolutionize our view of the cosmos when it sees first light in Chile in 2028. In fact, it could detect hints of alien life around our closest neighboring star ...

Simulations imitating the ELT's operational state have shown that the Very Large Telescope's (VLT) giant successor will take mere hours to find signs of life on other bodies—if there are any to ...