Scientists had hypothesized before the rover arrived that the peculiar ridges formed with the last trickles of water in the ...

In the windswept steppe of northeastern Mongolia, archaeologists have unearthed a rare window into daily life along the ...

In 2015, two members of the Blue Beach Fossil Museum in Nova Scotia found a long, curved fossil jaw, bristling with teeth.

Paleontologists at the University of Kansas have identified a new species of ancient mammal that lived about 60 million years ...

The discovery not only gives paleontologists insight into a new species, but it also offers a closer look at how early marine ...

A recently discovered creature, Mosura fentoni, has stunned paleontologists with its bizarre, otherworldly features. Unveiled ...

Whoever said you can’t tame a wild horse has never met these former mustangs in Lebanon County. The Pennsylvania Bureau of Land Management brought horses ...

Paleontologists have discovered fossils of a 506 million-year-old tiny three-eyed predator nicknamed the “sea moth,” according to a new study.

A newly described species from the Burgess Shale had three eyes, clawed limbs, and a tail full of gills—plus internal organs preserved in stunning detail.

Life Big animals have higher cancer risk – but also evolved better defences. A comparison of 263 species supports the idea that large animals have higher rates of cancer than smaller ones.

Imagine creatures that have survived since the time of dinosaurs. Species like the tuatara, sturgeon, crocodile, hagfish, chambered nautilus, platypus, and jellyfish are all ancient beings that ...

In recent years, evolutionary psychologists have suggested that we’re not all that special. Animals, from corvids to capuchin monkeys, express what humans might recognize as jealousy when, for example ...