Long before humans evolved, a small eel shaped creature swimming in ancient seas carried eyes that look strikingly familiar.

As the world shifts toward renewable energy sources, some experts warn that a lack of planning for the retirement of fossil fuels could lead to a disorderly and dangerous collapse of existing systems ...

Some 150 million years ago sauropods dramatically shaped the dinosaur ecosystem in what is now the western U.S., according to ...

Recent digs revealed roughly 20 feet of a long-necked dinosaur's skeleton, and paleontologists suspect even more bones are ...

Here, things get interesting, as just recently it was announced that two remarkably intact dinosaurs had been discovered in Wyoming’s “mummy zone”. The region was subject to the perfect storm of flash ...

The New Scientist Book Club's February read is Tim Winton's novel Juice, set in a future Australia that is so hot it is almost unliveable. Here, the author lays out his reasons for writing it – and wh ...

The haul includes remains from 12 bird species and four frog species, revealing a vibrant ecosystem shattered by climate ...

Scientists have uncovered an extraordinary collection of ancient fossils in China that is helping to explain a little-known ...

A single ancient jawbone is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about humanity’s forgotten relatives.

From degeneracy to galactic archaeology, white dwarfs are helping scientists make sense of some of the universe's burning mysteries.

Based on our understanding of how fossils are formed, the Ediacara Biota shouldn’t still be around for us to look at today.

For more than a century, the Ediacara Biota has quietly confused scientists. These fossils, dating back around 570 million years, capture soft, squish.