A fossil found in what’s now northwestern China belonged to a microraptor, a gliding dinosaur that hunted ancient birds.

The extinction that ended the Age of Dinosaurs is best known for clearing the way for the Age of Mammals on land. Scientists ...

Ministers have set out the UK’s next step on the journey to net zero by 2050 as part of the country’s latest “carbon budget”.

After investigating thousands of wrist bones, scientists suspect the last common ancestor species of humans and chimpanzees ...

Digging for treasure usually sounds like something a cartoon pirate made up, but this North Carolina stop lets regular people show up and get their hands dirty for real. Ancient shark teeth, fossil ...

The origin of turtles has always been a bit of a puzzle for scientists who study the evolution of animals. To this day, where ...

Fossils from giant tortoises, armadillos and other Ice Age-era species challenge previous assumptions about the region’s ...

From butterflies to blue whales, corals and worms, Earth is home to an incredible diversity of animals. How all of these animals evolved from earlier, simpler ancestors is one of the most exciting ...

Throughout Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history, countless organisms have lived, died, and occasionally left behind extraordinary remains that give us glimpses into ancient worlds. Fossil discoveries have ...

Fossils discovered on Morocco’s Atlantic coast are pointing the search back to Africa for the last common ancestor of modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans. This challenges long-held assumptions ...

Scientists are keeping the exact location of a 80 million-year-old giant squid was found in Niobrara County last year a secret. That's because there are likely more giant squid and other prehistoric ...