Fossil insect find, Zekuforma maculata, reveals a land-to-water experiment in evolution, rewriting 230 million years of true ...

Some feathered dinosaurs may have lost the ability to fly, revealing that the evolution of flight was far more complex than ...

Dr. David Schwimmer, an expert on the giant North American crocodilian genus Deinosuchus and a Columbus State University ...

A new study led by a researcher from the School of Zoology and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv ...

The tallest plants alive today can grow to over 100 meters tall. But they evolved from ancestors that were just a few ...

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now been ...

Ancient pterosaurs may have taken to the skies far earlier and more explosively than birds, evolving flight at their very origin despite having relatively small brains. Using advanced CT imaging, ...

After decades of excavation and debate, a new analysis argues that Little Foot — one of the most complete hominin fossils ...

The fossil record is crucial for understanding the origins and diversification of amphibians and reptiles. New discoveries ...

Tardigrades are survivors. For more than 500 million years, the microscopic “water bears” have spread all over the planet and endured some of the harshest conditions Earth has to offer. Now a new ...