Astronomers spotted nine galaxies with characteristics that have never been seen as a collection before. It's possible this ...

A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

By cutting into a tiny throat bone, Princeton's Chris Griffin showed that it belonged to an adult of a smaller tyrannosauroid ...

A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

A fossil smaller than a human fingernail has revealed a complete ancient brain, turning a speck of stone into a detailed map ...

For more than a century, fossils meant bones, shells and the occasional imprint of a leaf. Now, a wave of research is showing ...

There’s been a lot of talk about what quarterbacks have been gifting their teammates this holiday season. Enter Cincinnati Bengals superstar Joe Burrow who had the most unique gifts of them all. Then ...

Scientists exploring Romania’s Hațeg Basin have discovered one of the densest dinosaur fossil sites ever found, with bones lying almost on top of each other. The K2 site preserves thousands of remains ...

Walking through a forest shows how tall plants can grow. Trees rise high above the ground, with leaves reaching up toward sunlight. Height helps plants survive, but it depends on internal systems that ...

A rare fossil insect from Tibet, given the name Zekuforma maculata, reveals that a landlocked lineage of ‘true bugs’ briefly tested semi-aquatic life. The discovery rewrites about 230 million years of ...

Australian researchers have raised the possibility of the existence of a new human ancestor in connection with one of the world’s most complete human fossils. The specimen, nicknamed ‘Little Foot’, ...