Migrator ypredators may link the evolution of distant species, carrying learned fear toward prey that never actually meet.

Explore the fascinating story of Earth's lost continents and the evolution of humanity in this captivating video.

Can a snake in Thailand influence the evolution of a snake in the Philippines even if the two species never cross paths?

Earth’s earliest continents may have set the chemical stage for life by regulating boron levels in ancient oceans, a new study in Terra Nova suggests. Scientists have long proposed that boron helps ...

Relative plate motions and plate boundary geometries are from Cao et al. (2024), with plate motions placed in a mantle reference frame. Continents are light grey, with continental margins shown in ...

For billions of years, Earth’s continents have stood firm, forming the foundation for mountains, rivers, and life itself. But what gave these massive slabs of rock their remarkable stability has long ...

Long before forests, fish, or even single cells, Earth may have needed something as unglamorous as growing continents to make life possible. A study in Terra Nova argues that the planet's earliest ...

An international team of researchers' analysis of minerals from the Pilbara region of Western Australia has given new insight into how ancient continents on Earth formed as far back as 3.5 billion ...

Researchers discovered that continents don’t just split at the surface—they also peel from below, feeding volcanic activity in the oceans. Simulations reveal that slow mantle waves strip continental ...

The Arctic was not simply a cold edge of the Cretaceous world, but a place where mammals adapted, diversified, migrated and ...