A team of scientists digging up some of the Earth’s oldest rocks has uncovered new chemical evidence that Earth’s first ...

Thousands of feet down off the coast of Japan swam a pink sea creature with “dark yellow eggs.” Out of the shadows, something encircled it and pulled it to the surface. Sifting through their catch, ...

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology analysed chemical fossils from more than 541 million years ago.

At a certain point in Earth’s distant past, the planet’s assortment of organic molecules and compounds aligned to create the ...

The bumpy snailfish is one of three newly identified deep-sea snailfish species described by MBARI collaborators at SUNY ...

A new species of mollusk discovered at a depth of 19,430 feet near Japan breaks records and redefines deep-sea life.

Learn about how chemical fossils helped researchers identify one of Earth’s earliest animals: a sea sponge from the Ediacaran ...

A team of MIT geochemists has unearthed new evidence in very old rocks suggesting that some of the first animals on Earth ...

MIT geochemists offer compelling evidence that ancient sea sponges were Earth's first animals, emerging over 541 million ...

Scientists recently discovered a new deep-sea species that opens up an entirely new branch on the tree of life!

Twenty years ago, researchers saw what they called a "mystery mollusc." Now, they've finally described it in detail... but ...