Researchers have identified a previously unknown giant virus that may offer new insight into how complex life first evolved.
The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses.
The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses.
In Earth's fossil record, soft-bodied organisms like jellyfish rarely stand the test of time. What's more, it's hard for any ...
Despite multiple mass extinctions, the frilled shark has managed to thrive for 100 million years. Today, it remains one of ...
Giant DNA viruses that infect eukaryotic cells are thought to have played a role in the evolution of life, according to the ...
Encouraged by these results, Dudin, Dey, Guichard, and Hamel launched a close collaboration. Three years later, their work has produced near-encyclopedic insight into hundreds of protist species and ...
This 30-million-year-long gap is actually rather helpful to Darwin. It means that there was plenty of time for the ancestor ...
High in the forest canopy, one genus of snake learned how to solve the problem of flight without wings. Here’s how, according ...
Soviet New Years, a ritual that survived the country’s dissolution, may be in danger of slipping away.
The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.