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Image by Artwork by Guillermo Torres, Hace Tiempo, Instituto von Humboldt. Illustration of some of the apex predators in the Paja Formation biota with a human for scale.

Ancient oceans were ruled by super predators unlike anything today

Map showing potential migration routes of the human ancestor, Homo erectus, in Africa, Europe, and Asia during the early Pleistocene. Key fossils of Homo erectus and the earlier Homo habilis species are shown, including the new face reconstruction of the DAN5 fossil from Gona, Ethiopia dated to 1.5 million years ago. Credit: Dr. Karen L. Baab. Scans provided by National Museum of Ethiopia, National Museums of Kenya and Georgian National Museum

1.5-million-year-old fossil face is forcing a rethink of human origins

An illustration of ancient sea cows Alex Boersma

New fossils in Qatar reveal a tiny sea cow hidden for...

Cores of lava breccia, cemented with white calcium carbonate minerals, recovered from IODP Site U1557. Credit: IODP JRSO

Scientists find a massive hidden CO2 sponge beneath the ocean floor

hydrothermal vent

Scientists discover a hidden deep sea hotspot bursting with life

Other plants found in the Rhynie Chert have a range of different vascular systems. Asteroxylon, for example, already has xylem and phloem. © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London

A 400-million-year-old plant creates water so weird it looks alien

Seismogram

What Is the Cause of an Earthquake?

Different Types of Faults

What Are the Different Types of Faults in Geology?

What Is RQD of Rock?

What Is RQD of Rock?

Types of Intrusive Igneous Bodies

Intrusive Igneous Bodies: Types, Characteristics & Geological Processes

The ripplocation phenomenon can help explain the behavior of materials when they bend and break — everything from a nanoscale material to massive geological formations.

Geological Formation: Definition, Origins, Processes, and Importance | Complete Geological Guide

Diamond

How diamonds reach the surface

Artist illustration of an alamosaurus. (Credit: Natalia Jagielska)

Dinosaurs were thriving when the asteroid struck

The progression of the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption.

Scientists just cracked a 60-million-year-old volcanic mystery

Allan Hills, 2022-2023. Credit: Julia Marks Peterson, COLDEX

Six-million-year-old ice discovered in Antarctica offers unprecedented window into a warmer...

Schematic representation of tectonic and climatic influences on organic carbon burial. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63896-z

How tectonics and astronomical cycles shaped the Late Paleozoic climate

A pink granite boulder next to a yellow notebook for scale. Credit: Jo Johnson, BAS

Hidden giant granite discovered beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Row of embedded "cherts" in an outcrop in Southeast China. Credit: Michael Tatzel

Sedimentary rocks reveal ancient ocean floor cooling

Professor Andreas Pack (left) and Dr Christian Schröder (right) are part of the 21-member team of authors who wrote the current study. Photo: MPS

Preparing for Mars Samples on Earth

A Tully Monster (Tullimonstrum gregarium). Credit: University of Missouri

Recreating Mazon Creek’s 300-million-year-old ecosystem

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