Earth’s first sponges may have been ghostly, soft-bodied pioneers—ancient animals that evolved long before their skeletons ever appeared in stone.

Today, rock wallabies rarely stray far from the safety of their rocky shelters. But the fossil record tells a very different ...

A fossil of Manipulonyx reshetovi, found in a Mongolian desert, shows how the dinosaur used its specialized claw to snatch ...

Scientists refine the timeline of sponge origins, showing soft-bodied ancestors likely evolved later than some chemical ...

A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.

Some 445 million years ago, life on Earth was forever changed. During the geological blink of an eye, glaciers formed over ...

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived alongside the dinosaurs. The hell ant existed over 100 million years ago, ...

I have no intention of even implicitly commenting on the legality of the ongoing incarceration of Douglas Devananda. I’ve no ...

New research shows fossil skin can reveal color patterns in young Diplodocus, changing old ideas about sauropod appearance.

Exchanging greetings and resolving to do something positive in the coming year certainly create an uplifting atmosphere. Unfortunately, their effects wear off within the first couple of weeks, and ...

A 150-million-year-old fossil from the Jurassic era turned up at a Montana dig site this year — unearthed not by a scientist but by a Connecticut high school student. Aidan Connor, a senior at ...