Modern mammals have unique hearing abilities, able to sense a broad range of volumes and frequencies using middle-ear ...

A bizarre fossil called Prototaxites, which was the largest life-form on land 400 million years ago, may have been a completely unknown form of multicellular life, according to a new study.

Earth's first large land organisms—tree trunk-like beings that stood up to 26 feet tall—weren't early fungi but, rather, ...

A 3.4M-year-old set of foot bones from Ethiopia is forcing paleoanthropologists to redraw one of the most familiar diagrams ...

Up to 50 percent of species—which included 12 bird species and 4 frog species—on Aotearoa’s North Island went extinct before ...

A horseshoe crab fossil dating back more than 300million has been discovered in County Clare, marking a remarkable first for ...

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...

This world-famous fossil is now on display in Abu Dhabi, allowing visitors to see up close one of the most important finds in ...

For those who love nature, a trip to one of our 63 national parks often makes it to the top of their travel list, and with good reason. The stunning, unspoiled, protected landscapes are testaments to ...

Scientists discover 97-million-year-old magnetic fossils that reveal how ancient animals used Earth’s magnetic field as a ...

Australian and New Zealand scientists have unearthed the remains of ancient wildlife in a cave near Waitomo on Aotearoa's ...

A peculiar 37-million-year-old snake fossil, Paradoxophidion richardoweni, unearthed in England, is rewriting evolutionary ...