The fossils, attributed to an unknown australopithecus that lived in present-day Ethiopia 2.6 million years ago, have met ...

A new species of whale that lived millions of years ago has been discovered thank to a fossil found on an Australian beach ...

Australian researchers have identified a new prehistoric whale species that lived 26 million years ago, following the discovery of remarkably preserved fossils. The species, designated Janjucetus ...

New discovery of dinosaur footprints in Travis County after flooding is the latest in a long history of prehistoric evidence ...

A 25-million-year-old skull has led researchers to discover a new species of tiny whale, filling an evolutionary gap for ...

The newly described Mirasaura grauvogeli from the Middle Triassic had a striking feather-like crest, hinting that complex skin appendages arose far earlier than previously believed. Its bird-like ...

A crew conducting deep-sea explorations off the coast of Japan was shocked to discover a new species of sea snail living at ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus in farmed Pacific oysters during a mass die-off in B.C., Canada.

A large-scale experiment has uncovered the fundamental rules that govern protein stability, opening the door to more rapid ...

A newly discovered 460-million-year-old trilobite showed signs of being shaped and flattened—the first indication that ...

Scientists have discovered the existence of a long-lost Jurassic sea monster that lived around 183 million years ago, thanks ...

Simon Fraser University Faculty of Science researchers have received $9 million in newly awarded funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery and ...