Buried for 209 million years, a tiny flying reptile and its ancient neighbors just emerged from Arizona’s Triassic past.

“Ancient DNA has produced a revolution in our understanding of recent human origins,” said Daniel Green, field program ...

Bearing the inscription “Seal of the King of the Dian Kingdom”, the artifact stands as compelling evidence of the ancient Dian Kingdom’s existence, a regional state that thrived more than 2,000 years ...

The discovery of tens of thousands of inscribed wooden slips provides concrete evidence that this location was indeed the ...

Long before ships sailed the oceans or factories hunted whales for oil, humans living near the Bay of Biscay were already ...

A 3,000-year-old relief reveals how Assyrian divers used stealth tactics and flotation devices to wage silent river warfare.

Along the coastal seafloors of our planet, an ancient architect has been silently building elaborate tube-like structures for over 500 million years. Lacking a brain yet displaying remarkable ...

Discover the extraordinary story of the echidna—Australia’s spiky, egg-laying mammal that made a rare evolutionary leap from water to land. A living fossil with ancient roots and modern resilience.

Animals have played roles that go far beyond their presence in the natural world since the times of ancient civilisations to the faith prevalent in the modern world today. Human beings have ...

The English word scarab doesn't only mean beetle, but also a culture of functional and decorative sculptural jewelry based on the beetles.

How old is the world's oldest great white shark? How much do we truly understand about these creatures? Learn about them here!

Analysis of sedimentary ancient DNA has illuminated 6000 years of the lives of Adélie penguin colonies on Antarctica's Ross Sea coast, showing how animals in the region responded to climate and ...