In the tranquil waters of the Amazon Basin, the pink river dolphin stands as a testament to the mysteries of nature. Their ...

Study published in Science identifies Australopithecus as a plant eater, narrowing the scope on when regular animal ...

It’s not just the big-name celebrities of the skeleton—the hips and knees and shoulders—that scream at us as we accumulate ...

Researchers are learning more about our ancient ancestors who left footprints in volcanic ash dubbed the "devil's trail".

Researchers are now proposing a surprising location for the birthplace of dinosaurs, based on the locations of the currently oldest-known dinosaur fossils, the evolutionary relationships among these ...

Scientists from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Germany published new research in the journal Science last week that suggests our ancestors may ...

Scientists suggest meat consumption was pivotal to humans' development of larger brains, but the transition probably didn't ...

Books about a family's exploration of the natural world, the challenges of parenthood during a time of climate crisis and how animals perceive the planet have won $10,000 prizes for their exemplary ...

A new analysis suggests saber teeth were highly specialized for puncturing prey, ultimately at the cost of durability.

“Within eight million years, the ancestors of whales go from being fully terrestrial, such as the four-legged, furry ...

The fossilized remains belong to Cosmopolitodus hastalis – an extinct mackerel shark closely related to the modern great ...

Counter to today's depictions of cave-dwellers feasting on raw meat, early relatives of present-day humans ate little or no ...