All life forms — humans, animals, plants, even viruses — find a way to adapt in response to the ecosystems they call home. On average, most species exist on earth for between two and 10 million years.

The team behind the Smithsonian’s new dinosaur and fossil hall reflect on what “deep time” means to them. Erin I. Garcia de Jesus Miniature dinosaurs are staged in a scene from 150 million years ago ...

Of the 700 specimens that roam the Smithsonian’s new Hall of Fossils, these six standout dinosaurs make a big impression Maddie Burakoff When the Smithsonian’s new Hall of Fossils—Deep Time exhibition ...

We pay our respects to all the knowledge holders who participated in the project, as well as all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their ancestors, and we acknowledge their continuous ...

Humans have long explored three big scientific questions: evolution of the universe, evolution of Earth, and evolution of life. Geoscientists have embraced the mission of elucidating the evolution of ...

Many exhibitions about the evolution of life tend to open with abstract concepts: the chemical formula for life or primordial microbes that lived in shallow seas. But the “Deep Time” designers wanted ...

ABC Kids Early Education is proud to support the launch of Deep Time, an ABC News Story Lab project. Deep Time brings to life the awe-inspiring ancient story of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Time rules our lives. We wake, eat, work, and sleep on the clock. Our days unfold in a standardized symphony of alarm clocks, school buzzers, and meeting timers. Meanwhile, global positioning ...