New fossil research shows that teeth originally evolved as sensory tissue embedded in the armored exoskeletons of ancient ...

It is scientifically known as Zaglossus attenboroughi and named after the legendary naturalist David Attenborough.

Biologists have confirmed the existence of a 200-million-year-old species of egg-laying mammal that has been assumed to be extinct.

The Silurian Hypothesis asks whether signs of truly ancient past civilizations would even be recognisable today.

Fossils discovered at an early Miocene site in Kenya include a new type of early ape and offer clues about the environment inhabited by human ancestors.

From mastodons to ancient rhinos and giant deer, large herbivores have been shaping Earth's landscapes for millions of years.

The Burgess Shale is renowned for preserving beautifully detailed remains of ancient creatures in the Cambrian Period, approximately 508 million years ago. Additional evidence of over 60 more ...

Now, though, researchers have found a new piece of evidence that supports the idea that modern birds originated long ago: they’ve discovered an extinct giant waterbird that lived in New Zealand about ...

Shortly after their first appearance approximately 132 million years ago, albeit in the southern portion of the supercontinent Laurasia, we see an explosive radiation of flowering plants not only ...

In the temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere, a quiet but powerful story has been unfolding for nearly 60 million years ... to East Asia around 56 million years ago. Hong Ma, a professor ...

But hear us out a second—800 million years ago, the tectonic plates of Earth ... this time into two masses known as Gondwanaland and Laurasia. It broke apart a final time into the seven ...