While Earth's slowdown is not noticeable on human timescales, it's enough to work significant changes over eons. One of those changes is perhaps the most significant of all, at least to us: ...

Researchers have discovered a prehistoric ‘demon-toothed’ fish in Socorro County, New Mexico. The fish, which lived over 300 ...

A newfound "chicken-size" dinosaur, recently unearthed in Wyoming, changes what paleontologists thought they knew about how ...

Based on the history of life here on earth, at least one prominent paleontologist thinks that complex life in the cosmos is ...

Some animals seem out of place at first glance. Sometimes that can be chalked up to the limits of imagination, but other ...

Virginia Tech study unveils 2 billion years of evolution, highlighting the 'boring billion,' Snowball Earth, and ancient ...

Research uncovers early humans' reliance on plant-based foods, revealing ancient tools and 780,000-year-old starch grains.

Nearly 200 Jurassic footprints found in southern England reveal new insights into 166 million-year-old prehistoric creatures, ...

The agency is starting down two different paths toward the samples' return, but only one will bring the red rocks home.

The five sets of tracks represent four-legged sauropods and a three-toed carnivore that might have crossed paths on a ...