A new study finds that ocean acidity may have prevented life on Earth from developing for the planet’s first 500 million ...

Scientists at Yale and in Singapore have devised what may be the ultimate acid test—a comprehensive model for estimating the ...

The water that makes up the oceans acted as a key ingredient for the development of life on Earth. However, scientists still ...

“The African continent is undergoing a slow, monumental split due to tectonic plate movements in the Afar Triangle. A new ...

How did Earth transform from a hostile, acidic ocean world to one that nurtured life? Scientists at Yale and in Singapore ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

Discover how sea turtles navigate the ocean using their internal GPS and learn about their magnetic field perception.

Climate change is depleting vital ocean nutrients, disrupting marine ecosystems, and threatening food webs, a new study finds ...

Searching for life in alien oceans may be more difficult than scientists previously thought, even when we can sample these ...

Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...