These Spitsbergen fossils suggest recovery came far faster. They show food chains rebuilt within three million years.

Arctic fossils reveal the oldest known oceanic reptile ecosystem from the Age of Dinosaurs. Over 30,000 specimens show marine ...

North Carolina is an ideal spot to find fossilized shark teeth. Be prepared for the coolest finds with my tips on knowing where to look.

More than 30,000 teeth, bones and other fossils from a 249 million-year-old community of extinct marine reptiles, amphibians, ...

T he Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky has built a career documenting what he calls “altered landscapes”—tangled highway ...

From cancer-resistant mole rats to 200-year-old whales, evolution has equipped long-lived species with unique biological ...

Aging brings about a range of changes—often unwelcome—to our bodies: sagging skin, graying or thinning hair, and a decline in muscle strength and ...

In southeast Queensland, roughly 250 kilometers from Brisbane, lies the tiny town of Murgon. Located on Wakka Wakka Country, ...

Scientists in Argentina discovered the oldest known long-necked dinosaur, Huayracursor jaguensis, revealing a much earlier ...

Scientists uncovered Australia’s oldest known crocodile eggshells, revealing the secret lives of ancient mekosuchine ...

A 40,000-year-old juvenile woolly mammoth named Yuka is not only remarkable because she was uncovered nearly intact or her ...

Researchers from Stockholm University have—for the first time ever—managed to successfully isolate and sequence RNA molecules ...