Molecules from the 20-million-year-old teeth of a rhino relative are among the oldest ever sequenced, opening tantalizing ...

“Ancient DNA has produced a revolution in our understanding of recent human origins,” said Daniel Green, field program ...

Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel ...

Green Mambas and Boomslangs look quite similar. Discover the differences between these two dangerous green snakes.

Welcome to the wild side of cute. If you thought pets were the peak of adorable, get ready to change your mind.From African ...

Manitoba is well-known for its fossil record, including the fossil-filled, world-famous Ordovician-aged Tyndall Stone and the ...

Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, a species of dinosaur new to science, has joined the residents of London’s Natural History museum. The dinosaur would have roamed North America in the Late Jurassic, 145 ...

Paleontology may be entering another great era of discovery: characterized by serial misidentification in decades past.

Late last winter the usual cow moose with two calves showed up in our yard. They ate every part of a flowering crab apple ...

A new species of dinosaur, Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, a two-legged herbivore from the famous Morrison Formation in the USA, has been officially recognised by science – and from Thursday 26 June is ...

By combining data on all known bird species, this tree is the most impressive snapshot yet of one of Earth’s most awe-inspiring classes of animal.