DNA analysis, radiocarbon dating, and advanced measuring techniques are helping scientists learn where dogs came from and ...

In Mexico, complete fossils of the great white shark's ancient relative that lived alongside the dinosaurs have been ...

It comes as no surprise that microscopic tardigrades, otherwise known as “water bears,” have fascinated scientists for ...

The oldest penis on record belongs to a 1-millimeter-long, 425-million-year-old crustacean known as an ostracod.

Fortuitously, they were able to compare Eberhard’s sample with Darwin’s original fossils from Argentina, noting a resemblance ...

This week, explore the origins of mysterious “hobbit” humans, learn why squaretail groupers flee instead of flirt, uncover ...

No one knows what made these Bifungites burrows, which are considered trace fossils, although scientists have hypothesized ...

Scientists have only four known tardigrade fossils, which preserve insights into how the hardy critters evolved their ...

Multiple ancient and extinct species of tardigrades, aka “water bears,” can now be seen in unprecedented, high-resolution ...

Ancient fossil beans the size of modern limes may provide new insight into the evolution of today’s diverse Southeast Asian ...

More bones followed, and at first, archaeologist Thomas Sutikna and his team thought they had uncovered the ancient fossils of a child. But the molar teeth belonged to an adult. As the researchers ...