New clues about our earliest ancestors suggest they may have reached Eurasia sooner than scientists once thought. Fossils ...

The massive megalodon was not hunting only large marine mammals such as whales as researchers widely thought, a new study of ...

Newly discovered feathers were crucial to how Archaeopteryx was able to fly. Archaeopteryx is the fossil that helped confirm ...

A team of experts assert it’s the jawbone of an ancient mosasaur. Dissenters in Alberta say it’s too good to be true. Testing ...

Fossilized tracks from an early reptile are now the oldest known reptilian tracks, meaning the tetrapod ancestor most likely ...

Breakthrough study reveals how woolly mammoths and Arctic animals evolved their cold-weather superpowers over 3 million years ...

Scientists have analyzed ancient DNA and compared more than 400 fossils from 17 natural history museums to figure out how and why extinct sloths got so big.

Animal life, emerging nearly 600 million years ago, showcases incredible diversity and unique traits. Unlike plants, animals ...

Thirty years ago, a small bone was discovered at Dinosaur Cove in southeastern Australia. The find could reshape the current ...

A tiny fossilized grape seed discovered in the Andes Mountains of Colombia is reshaping our understanding of the plant’s deep ...

A new archaeology is being developed based on evidence of human activity in the Earth’s sedimentary record, and ...