The deep-sea regions of the Arctic are one of the most inhospitable environments for life. In addition to the frigid temperatures, the area is covered in thick ice throughout the year, which blocks ...

What if extraterrestrial life existed in the past and has since vanished. We need a way to identify alien fossils – this is astropalaeobiology Scientists are on the hunt for what could be humankind’s ...

At first, they looked like muddy chunks of ancient shell. But these 20-million-year-old fossil oysters had been slowly replaced with agate over time, creating hidden patterns inside the stone. When ...