A newly discovered prehistoric mammal may hold clues to how life survived the dinosaur-killing extinction. The tiny species, ...

True extinction is final, a point of no return where a species disappears forever. And sadly, species go extinct all the time ...

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

Octopuses' earliest relatives may have been gigantic predators hunting during the age of dinosaurs, according to new Hokkaido ...

A new study in PNAS reveals that the extinction of large mammals between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago continues to affect modern predator-prey relationships, especially in the Americas. Researchers ...

A latest study utilizing advanced spatial modeling has revealed that neither climate change nor direct competition with early modern humans can fully explain the disappearance of Neanderthals from ...

For decades, a collection of fossil fragments sat forgotten in museum drawers — a paleontological "cold case" waiting for ...

The discovery of the fossil of a new rhino species in the Canadian High Arctic teaches us a lot about rhino evolution.

A new modeling study suggests that greater connectivity between groups may have given Homo sapiens the edge over Neanderthals ...

This article details the groundbreaking archaeological findings at the Rimrock Draw Rockshelter in Southeastern Oregon.

For more than 270 million years, trilobites were among the most successful and diverse creatures on Earth, with over 22,000 ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ archaeological treasure trove within Wogan Cavern, a massive ...