Zavier, 14, Tauranga, New Zealand. Great question Zavier, and one that palaeontologists (scientists who study fossil animals ...

A discovery about the dark fur of early mammals confirms long-held theories about their evolutionary and ecological behavior.

Paleontologists have long assumed that fossilization destroys all organic molecules in ancient remains. However, a ...

Thrips are tiny insects—their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage they ...

Archaeologists have discovered fossilized facial bones of an ancient human race which lived roughly 1.4 million years ago, according to a study published in Nature. The remains were first discovered ...

New research suggests that Earth’s orbital variations—the slow changes in its tilt, axial precession, and shape of its ...

Palaeontologists are captivated by the size of record-breaking dinosaurs worldwide. Through measuring bone proportions and ...

Cindy Jenson-Elliott releases her 18th children’s nonfiction book, ‘The Doomsday Detectives,’ about the dinosaurs’ extinction ...

While modern trees like maples and ashes have switched to wind pollination — releasing clouds of pollen to be scattered at ...

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, ...

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, ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...