Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

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

Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

Whether through agricultural practices, deforestation, or urbanization, how modern humans use land has had an unprecedented ...

A new study highlights how life possibly evolved prior to and during the rise of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere.

On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...

European nations must provide the "overwhelming" share of funding for Ukraine, the new US Defence Secretary has said, as he ...

Synthetic cells that look just like natural cells but are chemically reversed could outcompete other living organisms − with ...

Dale Jamieson highlights many of the problems we face—environmental, human, and nonhuman alike—and offers workable solutions ...

In turn, that will lead to potentially devastating impacts for all life on Earth. Professor Stroeve says: ‘Summer sea ice for sure will be gone well before 2100 but there will be several months ...

It won’t be the most comfortable journey of your life; dala-dalas can get very crowded, but it’s worth it. Dala-dala buses are a cheap and cheerful way to get around (Picture: Sophie-May ...