The ancestors of our furry cats and dogs once looked similar to today's modern mongoose, a mammal with a long body and small, ...

Anacondas achieved their massive size millions of years ago. Discover how anacondas stayed huge while other giant reptiles died out!

In this week's Science for All newsletter, Divya Gandhi explains how gigantic animals during the Miocene were replaced by ...

Mammals keep evolving into anteaters, eating only ants and termites, at least 12 times since the age the dinosaurs.

A stunning fossil find in Türkiye could upend everything we thought we knew about where humans come from. Buried for nearly ...

New research led by the University of Washington suggests that two different climate transitions millions of years ago fueled ...

Shallow‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ coastal waters hold on to some of the most comprehensive and detailed records of marine life from the Earth ...

The ancestors of our furry cats and dogs once looked similar to today's modern mongoose, a mammal with a long body and small, round ears. In fact, all ...

The ocean’s ultimate predator once hunted whales with ease. Here’s why the world’s biggest shark eventually vanished off the ...

Ancient climate cooling reshaped carnivoran bodies, with fossils revealing how habitats drove species diversity worldwide.

A research team led by scientists at Kumamoto University has discovered a new genus of microscopic crustaceans from northern Japan, offering rare insights into how ocean currents in the North Pacific ...