If you imagine the earliest animals on Earth, you might picture something simple but sturdy. Maybe a sponge-like creature ...

Deep beneath Kentucky, scientists have uncovered something no one expected, perfectly preserved predators from an ancient sea hidden for over 300 million years.

A 512-million-year-old ecosystem, frozen in stone, reveals an explosive comeback after a mass extinction no one fully understood, until now.

Ancient Antarctic Sea Monster May Have Laid This Football-Size Egg. A 68 million-year-old egg the size of a football — the largest soft-shelled egg on record and the second largest egg ever discovered ...

In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, the harpies were a group of animal-human hybrid monsters like the sirens and the ...

An upside-down jellyfish drifts in a shallow lagoon, rhythmically contracting its translucent bell. By night that beat drops ...

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 that are ...

That’s Ecola State Park in Cannon Beach, Oregon – nature’s masterpiece that makes you simultaneously want to shout from the rooftops and whisper in hushed tones.

As the data center buildup outpaces the energy transition, modern technology is ever more dependent on oil, gas and coal deposits that took millions of years to form.

The Mesozoic ocean may have been one of the most dangerous places in Earth’s history, filled with predators that still feel ...

The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where ...

A surprising discovery in deep-sea rocks suggests microbial life may leave traces in places scientists never expected, reshaping how researchers search for early life on Earth. Credit: Shutterstock ...