In Kenya’s arid Turkana Basin, a team of scientists has recovered something unexpected from the jaws of long-dead giants.

The oceans have always been alive with mystery, beauty, and change. For the first time, scientists have measured how much ...

Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived ...

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

Sea level on Earth has been rising and falling ever since there was water on the planet. Scientists were already able to use ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of pterosaur - a winged reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs 200 million years ...

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally hot for 5 million years. Researchers say they have figured out why using a ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants managed to people the rest of the world ...

The Museum of the Rockies will unveil "Cretaceous Crossroads," showcasing Montana's rich prehistoric history and highlighting ...