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, ...

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

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

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

Scientists from MIT and elsewhere have identified chemical fossils that may have been left by ancient sponges in rocks more ...

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

Chemical fossils from 635-million-year-old rocks suggest sponges were among Earth’s first animals, reshaping the story of early life.

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

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

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

"A humpback who approached me peered into my eyes while I was aboard a boat and showed me the mirror of myself." ...

Argentina explores Mar del Plata Canyon for the first time: 40 new species are discovered and the country is captivated by ...