Scientists have revealed the “disgusting” truth behind the origin of the mysterious “tar balls” that washed up on Sydney ...

A multi-disciplinary team of scientists have made significant progress in understanding the origins of the mysterious black ...

The mysterious black balls that washed up on Sydney's beaches in mid-October were likely lumps of "fatberg" containing traces ...

Old or new, sedimentary or igneous, some of the Earth's crust drifts below the surface at subduction zones, where one continental plate overlaps another. When it does, some of it melts, eventually ...

scientists discovered a fossil of a dog-sized reptile dating back to 237 million years ago. The creature, a newly described species named Gondwanax paraisensis, could shed light on the origin of ...

If you are looking for some wonder and whimsy from the animal kingdom to lift your spirits this week—some uplifting tale of a shrew that is so small that it sails on gusts of wind, or a fossil of an ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — Extraordinarily well preserved fossils of feathered dinosaurs and other creatures got that way after being frozen in time by by volcanic eruptions, researchers have long suggested.

Increased land management by Aboriginal people in southeastern Australia around 6,000 years ago cut forest shrub cover in half, according to our new study published in Science of fossil pollen ...