A remarkable discovery in northern Kenya has provided the first direct evidence that two early human relatives, Homo erectus ...

A fossil that was first discovered over 50 years ago has finally been identified as a dinosaur that lived around 166 million ...

Megalodon may have been up to 80 feet long, but the colossal extinct shark was also probably thinner than scientists ...

Scientists have discovered South Africa’s youngest known dinosaur tracks along the remote coastline of the Western Cape. The newly identified footprints, estimated to be around 140 million years old, ...

Neanderthal fossils show a major population drop 110,000 years ago. Researchers link this to reduced genetic diversity.

Megalodon pose a curious challenge to scientists because despite being one of the largest animals ever to grace the oceans, ...

Paleobiologist Scott Lakeram analyzes 300-million-year-old coal ball fossils to reveal prehistoric plant-insect interactions ...

A newly studied Vegavis iaai skull from Antarctica confirms that modern bird lineages, like ducks and geese, were evolving ...

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday.

Researchers have identified a giant flying squirrel fossil from a cache of unusual animal remains dug out of an ancient ...