Evolution sounds like a straight climb toward better survival, but fossil records and genetic research show species sometimes ...
A newly identified tiny dinosaur, Foskeia pelendonum, is shaking up long-held ideas about how plant-eating dinosaurs evolved.
Megalodon usually gets all the attention when it comes to sea monsters, but ancient oceans were full of predators just as ...
The discovery takes us to Chicago, where a mysterious specimen arrived encased in rock at the Field Museum in 2022. It was ...
After consulting texts on bird anatomy, O’Connor realized what they were: oral papillae. “Imagine if the flesh on the roof of ...
For more than half a century, some of Earth’s strangest fossils looked like they had washed in from an alien world. Pillow-shaped impressions, quilted fronds and ribbed disks sat in museum drawers, ...
The 2021 Texas law called for the state to restrict its business with financial firms deemed to be "boycotting" fossil fuels.
CT scans also indicate Archaeopteryx had nerve endings in the end of its beak—part of what’s known as a bill-tip organ. Again ...
For decades, the Schoningen spears held pride of place as the world's oldest hunting weapons. Eight wooden javelins, pulled ...
Researchers at Wageningen University & Research have developed a new type of plastic that, according to materials theory, ...
Activists from the UK action group Everyone hates Elon and Greenpeace Italy unfolded a giant 20x20m banner reading "If you ...
Fossilized vomit reveals a surprise flying pterosaur in Brazil, offering new insight into how ancient reptiles lived and fed ...