A research team led by Academician Jin Zhijun from the Institute of Energy, Peking University, has revealed how interactions between Earth's tectonic activity and astronomical cycles jointly shaped ...

Don't worry. This isn't an announcement of a new invasion from elsewhere, but a leap into the past in the Paleozoic: the time of giant insects, 100 million years before the dinosaurs, during which ...

Mosquito bites may be pesky, but these insects lead interesting lives! Learn unexpected mosquito facts, including how fast ...

Geologists have produced a new timeline of Earth's Paleozoic climate changes. The record shows ancient temperature variations coinciding with shifts in planet's biodiversity. The temperature of a ...

Long before dinosaurs appeared, Earth was home to bizarre creatures unlike anything alive today, from giant sea scorpions and colossal cephalopods to enormous millipedes and primitive predators. The ...

Charophyceae are relatives of land plants, whose genomes have been envisioned to contain important information to understand how land plants evolved from their ancestors in the Paleozoic era.

Scientists offered a strong link Thursday between the "Great Dying," when most life on Earth was wiped out 250 million years ago, and a massive asteroid strike in what is now the ocean near Australia.

(CN) — Scientists announced a method Monday of determining the Earth’s temperature from the early Paleozoic era, allowing them to track the rise and fall of different species as the planet warmed and ...

Dooly, the dinosaur hero of the beloved Korean animated series "Dooly the Little Dinosaur," appears in the story in Ui-dong, ...