From butterflies to blue whales, corals and worms, Earth is home to an incredible diversity of animals. How all of these ...

Researchers have uncovered a remarkable fossil site in a remote part of Canada's Northwest Territories, offering ...

Trove of fossils discovered in Canada sheds light on "when life first became large, complex and unmistakenly animal." ...

The companies that drilled these cores were largely unaware that within these mudstones were fossils of microscopic organisms ...

The evolution of snakes, believed to have emerged around 160 million years ago from ancestral lizards, remains a scientific ...

Kangaroos thrive on tough grass using thick enamel instead of complex teeth, revealing an unexpected path in evolution.

Researchers in Canada discovered 567-million-year-old Ediacaran fossils that may contain the earliest evidence of sexual ...

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T. rex and other giant dinosaurs evolved tiny arms because their skulls and bites became powerful enough to replace forelimbs ...

Seventy-three million years ago, in Alaska's dark and frozen landscape, a group of small, rodent-like creatures was quietly ...

Biologists say there’s more to your favourite flowers than just beauty. Their different colours, petal shapes and scents are ...