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

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 ...

This documentary walks through the entire prehistoric timeline of North America, showcasing ancient seas, early reptiles, massive dinosaurs, and the ice age giants that followed. Each era brings new ...

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

An ancient predatory dinosaur that lived 220 million years ago, Maleriraptor kuttyi, redefines carnivorous dinosaurs' origin ...

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

A new extinct flying reptile species has been discovered in fossilized dinosaur vomit. Known as "regurgitalite," the remains ...

Island reptiles are vanishing fast—but scientists are barely paying attention. Here's why that needs to change.

An extinct snake has slithered its way out of obscurity over four decades after its discovery. The newly described species of ...

Descending this steep spiral staircase is worth the risk for the view at the end Scientists have just discovered a brand new ...

A newly identified fossil species, Wadisuchus kassabi, dating to the Campanian period (about 80 million years ago), extends the evolutionary history of Dyrosauridae and underscores Egypt’s Western ...