For centuries, rhinoceroses roamed the plains and forests of Bangladesh. Now extinct locally, their absence exposes the fragility of ecosystems and the hidden cost of forgetting our wildlife ...

Whale ancestors were terrestrial mammals that walked on four legs. This bone structure that helped them walk eventually ...

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Scientists refine the timeline of sponge origins, showing soft-bodied ancestors likely evolved later than some chemical ...

Sponges are among Earth's most ancient animals, but exactly when they evolved has long puzzled scientists. Genetic ...

Tenontosaurus fossils found in West Texas, the southernmost record of the dinosaur and a key to the Early Cretaceous.

A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

What was Earth like billions of years ago? How did life emerge? And how did humanity come to dominate the planet? This video takes you on a journey through time, unraveling the mysteries of Earth’s ...

In the research, published Wednesday (Jan. 7) in the journal Nature, a team of Moroccan and French researchers detailed their ...