“The National Museum of Natural History’s large scorpion collection allowed us to analyze metal enrichment in a wide range of ...

A remarkably preserved, mummified reptile from 289 million years ago is rewriting what we know about how animals first ...

Human aging is not what natural selection failed to prevent. It is what happens when selection simply has nothing left to act ...

Fossil evidence suggests there were real ‘Kraken’ – finned octopuses who fed on large animals at the top of the food chain – ...

In “The Story of Birds,” the familiar creatures in our skies and backyards are reintroduced as the last surviving dinosaurs.

A tiny ancient reptile just revealed the moment breathing as we know it began — and it changed life on Earth forever.

Snakes are famous for the phenomenon of complete skin removal without leaving any fragments behind, a practice that raises ...

The museum of the Department of Geology, Nagaland University (Kohima Campus), received a rare dinosaur fossil and other ...

Giant, fearsome octopuses may have once ruled the ancient seas, according to new research that flips the script on their ...

Oil seep hydrocarbons and oxygen-free mud protected not only bones but also delicate tissues such as skin and cartilage.

Over four decades since their creation, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stand as an incredible indie success story. Just ...

A fossil fish skull, Macropoma gombessae, that sat unnoticed in a London museum for nearly 140 years has now changed fish ...