For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

As healthy bucks age, their antlers typically get larger. Usually, a buck will sport his largest rack when he is about 5 or 6 years old ...

Meet Sphenodraco scandentis, a tree-dwelling, lizard-like reptile that roamed around with the dinosaurs during the Late ...

Researchers have sequenced proteins from an ancient rhino relative from the cold, dry Haughton crater site (shown) in the ...

They’re wearing it in honor of our lost relatives who were taken tragically and there was never justice for them.” ...

New research suggests that they smashed animal bones into tiny pieces before boiling them to extract the high-calorie grease ...

The invasive Burmese pythons plaguing Florida have an almost supernatural ability to absorb skeletons and scientists say they ...

Molecules from the 20-million-year-old teeth of a rhino relative are among the oldest ever sequenced, opening tantalizing ...

Tiger pythons are among the most impressive predators in the animal kingdom: They can grow up to 20 feet long, are powerful, and can swallow entire animals whole–including fur, feathers, and even ...

A famous prehistoric cave site in Belgium has yielded the oldest multifunctional tool of its kind. This Ice Age “Swiss Army ...

“Ancient DNA has produced a revolution in our understanding of recent human origins,” said Daniel Green, field program ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the earliest known multifunctional tool made from cave lion bone, shedding new light on ...