In most narratives, the story of evolution is the story of organisms emerging from the ocean and eventually populating the ...

This documentary walks through the entire prehistoric timeline of North America, showcasing ancient seas, early reptiles, ...

Regurgitalites — fossilized vomit — are extraordinarily rare. They require an improbable sequence of events. The expulsion ...

But there’s nothing supernatural about how snakes move. So how exactly do they get around without legs? They do it by ...

Scientists found Arctic fossils showing ocean life recovered just 3 million years after extinction, revealing how fast ...

The comparatively smaller Origami Holiday Tree that’s delighted crowds for decades at the American Museum of Natural History ...

The exceptionally long neck of Lijiangosaurus yongshengensis contained 42 cervical vertebrae, according to a research team ...

The newly discovered bonebed contained more than 800 vertebrate fossils, belonging to at least 17 species, including ...

Paleontologists at the University of Chicago have revealed fossilized duck-billed dinosaur specimens from Wyoming that were carefully prepared in the Fossil Lab. These fossils preserve soft tissue and ...

Engelmann says that from the beginning of the Western intellectual tradition, people thought that only humans are rational.

We are indeed still evolving, though it can be hard to tell because it happens over generations and often involves things you ...

An experiment on reptile decomposition aims to shed light on a variety of paleontological mysteries, including why so many ...