Volcanic Eruption

Driving force of volcanic super-hazards uncovered

mammoth

Woolly mammoths and Neanderthals may have shared genetic traits

Everest

Nepal expedition to remeasure height of Everest

foraminifera

Evolution imposes ‘speed limit’ on recovery after mass extinctions

Rocks with banded iron formations and biosignatures - 1,900 million years old, Michigan, US (top left), 2,700 million years old, Ontario, Canada (bottom left) and 2,500 million years old, Karijini National Park, Western Australia (right).

Tracking records of the oldest life forms on Earth

Sollasina cthulhu

‘Cthulhu’ fossil reconstruction reveals monstrous relative of modern sea cucumbers

The bone is from a new species of hominin.

New species of early human found in the Philippines

Cricosaurus bambergensis

Jurassic crocodile discovery sheds light on reptiles’ family tree

Peregocetus

Ancient, four-legged whale with otter-like features found along the coast of...

hydraulic fracturing for shale gas

Damaging Sichuan earthquakes linked to fracking operations

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