A treasure trove of exceptionally preserved early animals from more than half a billion years ago has been discovered in the ...

In the rodent family tree, deer mice separated from the ancestors of house mice and rats about 25 million years ago. By some ...

Dolphins and orcas belong to the group of cetaceans, which includes whales and porpoises. All cetaceans are descended from ...

Learn how the Grand Canyon used to be home to an ancient evolutionary competition that has since left behind a plethora of ...

Gene-edited animals or plants wouldn’t have a chance if released into a barren habitat or a poaching hotspot. Genomic tools ...

A treasure trove of exceptionally preserved early animals from more than half a billion years ago has been discovered in the Grand Canyon, one of the ...

Typically, male birds have more vivid colours than females. As Charles Darwin first explained, the most colourful males are ...

During the Triassic period nearly 250 million years ago, a small reptile scurried after insects in the canopy of a lush ...

Paleontologists named the worm Kraytdraco spectatus, for its resemblance to a Star Wars monster. They say it sheds light on ...

A delicate, innocuous little fossil reptile known as Mirasaura grauvogeli –“Grauvogel's wonder reptile” – is forcing a ...

Spiders and their arachnid relatives may have actually originated in the sea, according to analysis of an "exquisitely ...