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

With studies of fossilized bones, gut contents, eggshells and more, paleontologists revealed new and captivating details ...

From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...

Mosasaurs were enormous reptiles best known for ruling ancient oceans more than 66 million years ago, but new evidence suggests some also lived in rivers. Scientists reached this conclusion after ...

A rare fossil plant reveals how early plants moved water and food, helping to explain the secrets of tree growth.

The Paleontological Research Institution may face closure by the end of the year if it cannot pay off a $3 million mortgage, ...

Scientists exploring Romania’s Hațeg Basin have discovered one of the densest dinosaur fossil sites ever found, with bones ...

Scientists have revealed thepreserved embryos of a 200-million-year-old dinosaur species. Using a state-of-the-art particle ...

A fossil uncovered by chance on a remote beach in northern England has revealed one of the most extraordinary creatures to ...

The Tellus Science Museum in Georgia recently unveiled the first-ever scholarly, accurate, life-sized replica of Deinosuchus ...

The northern China region was inhabited by different human species at a time. New research has confirmed that a species of ...

These radioactive elements decay at known rates, effectively acting as a built-in clock that reveals precisely when the eggs were buried millions of years ago. This natural timekeeping mechanism has ...