Their dream came spectacularly true on that momentous day in 1974. The Lucy fossil preserved skull fragments and a lower jaw ...

The San people in South Africa painted animals that related to their cultural beliefs, but were most likely inspired by ...

Evidence suggests that “the precursors to the dinosaurs and pterosaurs were much more diverse than previously imagined.” ...

The Hell Creek Formation in what's now the Dakotas, Montana, and Wyoming was once home to some of the world's most beloved ...

A fossil, believed to be one of the oldest ever, could help explain the rise of the dinosaurs. Scientists in Brazil announced ...

Brazilian cynodont fossils have shed light on early mammalian evolution, revealing earlier and independent development of key features like the jaw and middle ear. The discovery of new cynodont ...

“Every nook and cranny and bump that occurs on a bone can tell us something about where the muscles or tendons attached and ...

In western North America during the twilight of the dinosaur age, the unquestioned ruler was Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the ...

This living fossil can grow as large as an alligator, has two rows of needle-sharp teeth, and such strong armor that it ...

A fossil elephant skull from Kashmir reveals a new species, deepening our understanding of elephant evolution.

The Earth’s worsening “vital signs” indicate a climate crisis that is leaping forward at a dangerous pace and unprecedented ...

An ecologically realistic 24-year field study of grasslands showed that elevated levels of carbon dioxide nearly tripled ...