Polar bears are running out of ice and out of time, yet inside their cells something remarkable is happening. As the Arctic ...

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

Researchers are looking for answers behind the mystery of Gigantopithecus blacki, the largest known primate that ever lived.

For more than a century, dinosaur eggs have offered haunting snapshots of ancient life, from curled embryos to trampled nests ...

A large fossil study shows young shark and ray species vanish faster, while older species stay stable over time.

At the University of Arizona, a new lab is giving scientists the tools to predict the future of life on Earth. The Data ...

Known to science as Iguana delicatissima (as in Latin for “most delicate”, not delicatessen, you hungry hungry humans), ...

Association of paleopalynological data from the Nanxiong Basin, south China, and late Paleocene niche expansion in endemic Asian fossil mammals.

The ancestors of our furry cats and dogs once looked similar to today's modern mongoose, a mammal with a long body and small, ...

A recent climate study from the University of Wollongong suggests that Homo floresiensis, the small early human species from ...

New research led by the University of Washington suggests that two different climate transitions millions of years ago fueled ...

Giant mosasaurs, once thought to be strictly ocean-dwelling predators, may have spent their final chapter prowling freshwater ...