Africa is home to some of the world's most fascinating caves, presenting adventure junkies an opportunity to explore unique ...

Humans have established a permanent presence on nearly every continent, but how would the world be different if we had stayed ...

Dr Fredrick Kyalo Manthi has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences —a recognition reserved for scientists who have made groundbreaking contributions to original research.

The unique features of Mosura fentoni astounded paleontologists. Paleontologists have discovered that a three-eyed sea moth predator lived on Earth half a billion years ago with evidence found in ...

Archaeopteryx is the fossil that clearly demonstrated Darwin's views. It's the oldest known fossil bird, and it helps show that all birds -- including the ones alive today -- emerged from dinosaurs.

Rex and the Chicago Archaeopteryx compare to Pokémon such as Tyrantrum and Archeops, while exploring how fossils are uncovered and studied in both the Pokémon universe and the real world.

The research addresses a significant challenge in taphonomy—the study of how organisms decay and become fossils. Traditional decay experiments require researchers to unearth specimens to observe ...

Their look hasn’t changed much since the time of the dinosaurs, making them true living fossils. Sadly, many sturgeon species are now in danger because of overfishing and damage to their habitats.

(Reuters) -A new analysis of a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in the collection of the Field Museum in Chicago is revealing an array of previously unknown features of the earliest-known bird ...

The study is based on fossils unearthed from Murgon on the traditional lands of the Waka Waka people of south-eastern Queensland. The new species, Litoria tylerantiqua, is named in honor of the ...

A “living fossil” because of its grotesque appearance, this deep-sea shark has not evolved much in 125 million years. These big, slow-growing fish have been around for more than 200 million ...

Japan and Nintendo, however, have actually taken this a step further and created the Pokemon Fossil Exhibit. The exhibit featured sculpted Pokemon "skeletons" displayed alongside real dinosaur ...