Old Fish Fossil Suggests That Humans Don't Share a Common Ancestor With Sharks, Claim Researchers In 2015, researchers ...

The mystery of dinosaur origins has taken an unexpected turn toward the equator. While paleontologists have long searched ...

Study suggests dinosaurs originated in the Amazon, but their fossils are missing. They started as small, bipedal creatures in ...

Ancient Chinese fossils may belong to a new human species, Homo juluensis, with large brain sizes, challenging traditional ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big ...

The story of how dinosaurs came to dominate Earth has fascinated scientists and the public for generations. But what if we’ve ...

By assessing the fossil record and the dinosaur family tree, the researchers’ models suggest that the first dinosaurs evolved ...

As forests continue to be cleared and forested landscapes degraded by human activity, their loss can significantly affect the ...

The genes that build the cartilage of fish gills were repurposed to build the cartilage in mammals’ outer ears ...

For more than 150 years, scientists have debated whether Prototaxites—which stood roughly 24 feet tall and 3 feet wide—were ...

"Both eyes can peer out from underneath the notch, giving a greater view of their surroundings while still partially shielded ...

The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is a large feline unique to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its surrounding areas. As the apex predator in the region ...