What can fossil records teach scientists about ancient ecosystems and marine environments? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences hopes to address ...

Researchers claim that there is an ecosystem beneath the feet of humans, and it is much expansive than any of them ever imagined. This assertion was made back in 2018 during the American Geophysical ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. We’ve pieced together a remarkably detailed timeline of ...

Chlorophyll is the green pigment found in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. It is essential for photosynthesis, the process ...

Life on Mars? Let’s focus on fixing the Earth first — by reviving extinct species - We’re racing to build new worlds, but we ...

Measurements and data collected from space can be used to better understand life on Earth. An ambitious, multinational research project has demonstrated that Earth's biodiversity can be monitored and ...

New research gives insight into when the ancestor of all living things lived, and it's earlier than we thought. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...