A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...

Despite their ominous name and oversized jaws, these animals only measure about one to three millimeters in length.

A team of researchers has identified and described Vulcanoscaptor ninoti ("the Camp dels Ninots volcano digger"), a ...

Pyrite is widely distributed in lacustrine shales and has become a research focus in unconventional oil and gas exploration. Pyrite morphology is useful for identifying different types of organic ...

When former shooting editor Jim Carmichel takes a moment too long to shoot, his big billy ends up falling off the mountain.

Better than biominerals Of course, animals have evolved another way to form a hardy natural material. Known as biomineralization, this widespread process occurs when proteins in an animal’s body ...

Macroinvertebrates include snails and larvae of dragonflies, caddisflies, mayflies and stoneflies, among others. They can be ...

A 259-million-year-old fossil skull of Yinshanosaurus angustus has been found, filling a key evolutionary gap in ...

North-Prealpine stone loaches were found in "small to medium size rivers" with "clear" and "swiftly flowing water," the study said. The fish primarily eat insects and typically live "at the bottom of ...

The Cambrian Explosion is a landmark moment in the history of life on Earth when many of the major groups of animals first ...

At the Museum of Arts and Design at 2 Columbus Circle in New York in early June, Jonathan Adler, the potter and founder of ...

Long before the first dinosaur hatched, Earth's ancient life was already thriving. There were bizarre sea creatures and lumbering plant-eaters that ruled prehistoric landscapes for hundreds of ...