Charles Darwin was a thinker who changed how people thought about life, not by making loud claims, but by being patient, ...

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

For more than half a century, some of Earth’s strangest fossils looked like they had washed in from an alien world. Pillow-shaped impressions, quilted fronds and ribbed disks sat in museum drawers, ...

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 ...

Baby sauropods were the fast food of the Late Jurassic, feeding multiple predators and propping up the entire ecosystem. Their vulnerability may even explain why later giants like T. rex evolved to ...

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

Many spine-bearing creatures, or vertebrates, have a curious bit of tissue deep in their brains called the pineal gland. It ...

“Our results indicate that microplastics may tip the balance of conditions in favor of algal blooms,” the authors conclude in their study. “These results collectively illustrate that microplastics, ...

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

It’s a phenomenon that was called the Homogenocene even before a similar term growing in popularity, the Anthropocene, was ...

NANJING -- Scientists in China have unearthed a treasure trove of ancient fossils that is helping to rewrite the story of one ...

Analysis - Blood tests are useful tools for doctors and scientific researchers: they can reveal a lot about a body's health. Usually, a blood sample is taken to get a picture of the large molecules ...