New reconstructions of 540 million years of climate history show the planet tumbling between icehouse and hothouse states, ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. The natural world is full of sexual diversity—traits that challenge binary definitions of male and female—but traditional ...

After years of searching worldwide, paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara found the extinction layer—and thousands of fossils—just ...

Credit: pexels Fossil records show turtles not only survived the K–Pg extinction but actually expanded in diversity afterward. Their aquatic habits gave them shelter when land ecosystems collapsed, ...

The museum tapped artists — including Chicago rock screenprinter Jay Ryan — to visualize a 15-million-year period in time ...

The changes we have made to this planet really affect the animals we share the world with. The increasin human population means that there are less places for animals to thrive and more important ...

Some 390 million years ago in the ancient ocean, marine animals began colonizing depths previously uninhabited. New research indicates this underwater migration occurred in response to a permanent ...

The dog and animal lovers at Ginger Cat document animals reunited with owners after years in emotional videos. Man shows why you should always wear shoes in Arizona—especially indoors Here are the top ...

Dinosaurs' extinction "re-engineered" Earth's surface, according to new research. The reptiles had such an "immense" impact ...

The owner of a zoo in Oregon has been indicted on more than 300 counts of animal neglect and other charges after police said they found drugs and guns at the facility. On May 15, authorities served ...

THE POISON CENTER HOTLINE AT THE NUMBER YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN. AND FROM PROTECTING PEOPLE... TO PETS... THE TANGIPAHOA PARISH ANIMAL SHELTER IS GIVING TIPS ON HOW TO ...