Isaac Schultz

Some of history's most notorious diamonds may have formed hundreds of miles from their findspots.

A newly described fossil snake in India may be the largest that ever lived, according to a team that studied 27 vertebrae recovered from a lignite mine in India. The new species is dubbed Vasuki indicus—named for India and the mythical serpent that wraps itself around the neck of the Hindu god Shiva. Extrapolating the serpent's length from the vertebrae, which appeared to come from a full-grown individual, the researchers calculated that the giant snake could have been about 50 feet (15.2 meters) long, about two and a half times longer than a giraffe is tall.

There's a new threat category beyond red to indicate extreme, dangerous heat.

A group of bizarre creatures from the deep sea pushes the origins of glowing life way, way back in time.

There's a new threat category beyond red to indicate extreme, dangerous heat

Since 2016, the NASA mission has captured some awe-inspiring views of alien worlds and promising venues for alien life.

They may not sound as majestic as herds of elephants or flocks of migrating birds, but as these photos attest, there's incredible beauty to be found in moss springtails and slime molds. Life is just as dramatic at a smaller scale, and, like in the macro world, water is key to survival.

photo of Plato's Burial Place and Details of His Last Night Revealed in Carbonized Scroll From Herculaneum image The Greek philosopher Plato—Socrates’ student and Aristotle’s teacher—died nearly 2,400 years ago, having produced a voluminous amount of writing on political philosophy, aesthetics, ethics, and more (he came up with Atlantis!). This week, researchers announced that they found the burial place of the…

Beneath the parched sands of Atacama is a massive, diverse group of bacteria and a previously undetected biosphere, according to a new study

A conversation with paleogeneticist Beth Shapiro, the new chief science officer at de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences.