A jawbone retrieved from the bottom of the Taiwan Strait has been confirmed as belonging to a Denisovan, one of humanity’s most mysterious relatives. The fossil, discovered at depths of 60 to 120 ...

Up to 50 percent of species—which included 12 bird species and 4 frog species—on Aotearoa’s North Island went extinct before ...

New fossil find reveals a miniature dinosaur species once mistaken for a juvenile, offering fresh clues about early ...

The fossil discovery helps reconstruct the ecosystem of what is now Beijing, during the Middle Jurassic 160 million years ago ...

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our planet's history.

The Tenontosaurus was a large ornithopod that walked on four legs and roamed during the Early Cretaceous period, around 110 to 120 million years ago. Believe it or not, the dinosaur wasn't officially ...

Once overlooked, Morocco has emerged as a focal point of human prehistory, with new discoveries and a landmark report ...

(CNN) — Contrary to popular depictions of bee nests as large, intricate hives that hang from trees, the majority of bee species — about 90% — are actually solitary and build their nests in the ground ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fossil quarry hall at Dinosaur National Monument in Utah, July 6, 2013. (David Fulmer via Flickr CC 2.0) Construction crews have ...

Prior to this discovery, trace fossils from the Middle Jurassic in Asia had largely been limited to dinosaur and turtle tracks, with no documented evidence of amphibians.

Mike Trask’s Comox Valley-based discovery would forever change paleontology in B.C. and would inspire a flood of amateur ...