Scientists have unearthed a remarkably well-preserved 20-million-year-old fossil leaf in the foothills of the Himalayas, ...

In this week's Science for All newsletter, Divya Gandhi explains why scientists believe central China should be protected as a global biodiversity hotspot ...

Our planet is several billion years old—a number so vast it’s almost impossible to truly comprehend. In all that time, ...

A new species of ancient primate challenges what we think we know about where human ancestors diverged from monkeys.

What if Megalodon never went extinct - and the ocean’s greatest predator kept evolving right into the modern day? In this ...

In a study published in Science, an international research team from the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (Egypt) and the University of Southern California (U.S.) describe ...

The mass extinction at the boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods was catastrophic, wiping out much of life on Earth. Vertebrate groups that dominated at the time, such as dinosaurs and ...

Scientists have uncovered a new species of rhinoceros in the Canadian High Arctic, revealing that rhinos once lived far farther north than expected. The fossil, dating back 23 million years, is ...

In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...

Sometimes, nature delivers a surprise that feels almost miraculous. Scientists have confirmed that two small marsupial species — the pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider — are still ...

All through the long and punishing drought, the little red flowers kept dying. The water-loving plants couldn’t survive amid such scorching summers and winters with no rain. By 2015 — the peak of ...