A tiny ancient reptile just revealed the moment breathing as we know it began — and it changed life on Earth forever.

An A-frame cabin at Fossil Butte National Monument was the home for a fossil miner as he discovered Wyoming artifacts. It ...

Archaeologists found 115,000-year-old human footprints where they shouldn't be—and they just might rewrite the history of ...

Scientists have determined that the mysterious golden mass is a remnant of the dead cells that formed at the base of a giant ...

Some 80 million years ago, the late Cretaceous oceans were patrolled by 17-meter mosasaurs, long-necked plesiosaurs, and ...

What can bones tell us about life millions of years ago? A paleobiologist decodes chemical clues to uncover how animals lived ...

New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators.

Oil seep hydrocarbons and oxygen-free mud protected not only bones but also delicate tissues such as skin and cartilage.

Rare 450-million-year-old fossil, Paleocanna tentaculum, that provides a clearer link between ancient cnidarians and modern ...

Some octopuses that lived over 72 million years ago were as long as whales. These huge predators may have been the largest ...

Second, millions of women still lack the tools needed to use AI productively. In South Asia, they are about 40 percent less likely to own a smartphone. Without access to a device, AI cannot support ...

A fossil discovered in Germany may be the oldest known cannabis-related plant ever identified, potentially pushing the timeline of the genus back by about 30 million years. The fossilized leaf, dated ...