As a 280-year-old brand, it is hard to believe Jaquet Droz introduced its most recognizable model, the Grande Seconde, only 16 years ago in 2012. The signature design, however, is based on a historic ...

The oldest identifiable fossil assemblages from the Earth's early biosphere are crucial to our understanding of the origins of life on our planet and, by analogy, how and where we might find traces of ...

The origin of life lies in unique ocean reefs, and Rosenstiel School scientists have developed an approach to help investigate them better. An article published in Geology this month reveals how Dr.

Hungarian researchers have discovered unique bacterial communities in thermal waters that may help unravel the development of stromatolites, one of Earth's oldest rock formations. These findings not ...

The humble stromatolite fossils may not look as cool as dinosaurs, but they were the rulers of ancient Earth — and none of us would be here without them. What’s the most impressive fossil you ever saw ...

WILMINGTON -- Rocks were Robin Boucher's redemption, at least when it comes to family lore. They aren't rocks in the normal sense, though. What Boucher found two years ago on his brother- ...

Chief minister Prem Singh Tamang has called the discovery 'groundbreaking' and stated that his government will soon transform the site into a world-class 'cutting edge' fossil theme park The ...

In a remote, isolated region of Greenland, where ancient rocky outcrops have recently been exposed after a perennial snow thaw, scientists claim to have found fossil proof of the oldest life ever ...

Ever wondered where 21% of oxygen in earth's atmosphere comes from? A recent discovery of a 2,600 million-year-old stromatolite, a microbial reef created by cyanobacteria (formerly known as blue-green ...