Buried in Australia's so-called dead heart, a trove of exceptional fossils, including those of trapdoor spiders, giant cicadas, tiny fish and a feather from an ancient bird, reveal a unique snapshot ...

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than ...

Iron-rich rocks at McGraths Flat preserve Miocene rainforest life in remarkable detail, reshaping ideas about how and where ...

Paleontologists have identified thousands of animal species that lived soon after the Cambrian explosion ended ...

Over 150 years ago, a fossilized organism known as Prototaxites emerged as an enigma regarding what early land life may have been like. As an organism that appeared to grow up through Earth’s crust in ...

The $274,000 McLaren Artura Spider convertible takes the automaker’s identity in a new direction. Not only is it a hybrid, ...

For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are ...

While harmless, centipedes in your home can make you feel icky. Luckily, there's an easy home remedy that doesn't involve pesticides that can deter them.

Neither plant, nor animal, nor fungus: science finally discovers what these 8-metre giants were - ...

Deep in the leaf litter of Hispaniola lives a creature that defies modern evolutionary logic. The Hispaniolan solenodon ...