Long before the first dinosaur hatched, Earth's ancient life was already thriving. There were bizarre sea creatures and lumbering plant-eaters that ruled prehistoric landscapes for hundreds of ...

Ever since the first dinosaur fossils were identified in the 19th century, scientists have been trying to figure out why ...

Recent studies confirm Vasuki Indicus, a 47-million-year-old snake discovered in India, rivaled Titanoboa in size. Both ...

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

There’s a magical spot along California’s Central Coast where a massive rock rises from the sea like nature’s own monument, sea otters float on their backs cracking shellfish, and the crowds that ...

Discover how ancient humans scaled up their food production to survive in harsh environments.

The large, extinct creatures roamed the Twin Cities area more than 10,000 years ago and could grow to more than 200 pounds ...

The team named the new pterosaur species Eotephradactylus mcintireae. The generic name means ‘ash-winged dawn goddess’ and references the site’s volcanic ash and the animals’ position near the base of ...

Smithsonian scientists have uncovered North America’s oldest known pterosaur from a 209-million-year-old bonebed in Arizona’s ...

Fossil remains unearthed in Colombia's Cerrejón coal mine reveal Titanoboa cerrejonensis, the largest snake ever discovered, ...