One thing geology teaches us about is the existence of another monumental event in the history of Earth, 2.4 billion years ...

Discover the evolution of bacteria through machine learning, DNA comparisons, and the Great Oxidation Event 2.4 billion years ...

Bacteria consist of a single cell. They do not have bones and are not like big animals that leave clear signs in the ...

Scientists assumed most forms of life before the Great Oxidation Event didn't metabolize oxygen—but recent research suggests ...

There are roughly a trillion species of microorganisms on Earth - the vast majority of which are bacteria.Authors Ben Woodcroft Associate ...

Microbial organisms dominate life on Earth, but tracing their early history and evolution is difficult because they rarely ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

Bacteria may have adapted to oxygen well before Earth’s atmosphere was saturated with it, according to a new study. Researchers who traced microbial evolution over billions of years – using machine ...

Mars can host life, according to Polish researchers, after demonstrating lichen's survival under simulated Mars-like ...

In a recent study, researchers gained new insight into the lives of bacteria that survive by grouping together as if they ...

Earth's oceans may have displayed a very different color several billion years ago. This hypothesis emerges from a recent ...