In a suspected case of reverse evolution, wild tomatoes in the Galápagos have developed a defense mechanism that hasn’t been seen in millions of years.

Israel has launched strikes on Gaza after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to immediately carry out ...

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa ...

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In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

Learn more about the human tailbone and how, even though we may not have a strict need for it anymore, it still helps us with ...

Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei.

Skulls displayed in public 2,000 years ago were intended as a warning to enemies and a celebration of comrades, a new paper ...

Two dinosaur mummies have been discovered, but the way they have been preserved has fascinated researchers. When we think of mummies, our minds tend to refer to the wrapped mummies of ancient Egypt, ...

Unlike the carefully wrapped mummies of ancient Egypt or naturally preserved human remains found in bogs and deserts, dinosaur mummies are created when skin and soft tissues fossilise over millions of ...

Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that seem to have been preserved in an unexpected way ...