There's a longstanding attitude in many farming communities that trees and agriculture don't mix. But agroforestry—the ...

A recent study from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions.

A new study focusing on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, shows that the physics of alien oceans could prevent evidence of deep-sea life from reaching places where we can detect it.

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era. Insights from a University of California study suggest that early Earth had ...

Searching for life in alien oceans may be more difficult than scientists previously thought, even when we can sample these ...

Travel back through time to meet the world’s most enormous animals, brace yourself for the final fantastic adventure in a ...

A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as ...

New satellite data and firsthand accounts reveal that PM2.5 levels in rural India far exceed safe limits. From biomass cooking with cow dung cakes to relentless stubble burning and unchecked ...

Earth's unusual orbit through hot and cold conditions tests the limits of tolerability for any known lifeforms.

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

An extensive new exhibition at the CCCB in Barcelona takes a look at the art, culture, biodiversity and history of the Amazon ...

As humankind imagines living off-planet — on the moon, Mars and beyond — the question of how to sustain life revolves around the physical necessities of oxygen, food and water. We know there is water ...