illustration of Captorhinus showing breakable tail vertebrae.

Ancient reptile Captorhinus could detach its tail to escape predator’s grasp

Fracking

Human-made earthquake risk reduced if fracking is 895m from faults

The graph shows the dates of volcanoes of the three volcanic chains in the Pacific and their relative movement over time (left). The location of the three volcanic chains shown in the map (right). The stars mark the youngest end or the active volcanoes today.

Another clue for fast motion of the Hawaiian hotspot

Photosynthesis originated a billion years earlier than we thought, study shows

"Enantiornithes" Tiny fossil of a prehistoric baby bird

127 million year old baby bird fossil sheds light on avian...

Calatayud-Daroca Basin in Central Spain.

Fossilised plant leaf wax provides new tool for understanding ancient climates

This is a roundnose grenadier at 1,300m off the Hebrides, Scotland.

Deep-sea fish choose habitat according to genotype, new research says

The world's largest uncut diamond

How Do Minerals & Rocks Get Their Names?

Fossilized bubbles and cyanobacterial fabric from 1.6 billion-year-old phosphatized microbial mats from Vindhyan Supergroup, central India.

Tiny bubbles of oxygen got trapped 1.6 billion years ago

Sediment layers

New Method Unearths Climate Data from Ancient Soils

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