Researchers have applied a temperature proxy to exceptionally well-preserved fossil phytoplankton for the first time. The results suggest that conditions in the North Atlantic have been cooler than ...

A new study led by University of Arizona researchers has uncovered how massive volcanic eruptions in the Andes Mountains ...

A rodent found in Laos has been determined to belong to a group thought to have gone extinct in the fossil records about 11 ...

Anacondas were already massive when they appeared more than 12 million years ago. Fossils now show that their size has barely ...

An animal once believed extinct for 11 million years, has been rediscovered in the jungles of Laos, offering new insights ...

The megalodon (Otodus megalodon) is another step closer to becoming the first state shark in the United States. At the last ...

In 2005, researchers described what they believed to be a new family, genus, and species of rodent. It was a delightfully ...

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

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

Scientists have finally cracked a long-standing mystery about squid and cuttlefish evolution by analyzing newly sequenced genomes alongside global datasets. The research reveals that these bizarre, ...