Sea fossils found on some of the world's tallest mountains are reigniting fierce debate over whether the biblical story of ...

Marine fossils discovered near the summit of Mount Everest reveal that the world’s highest mountain was once part of an ancient ocean floor before tectonic collisions lifted the Himalayas.

Scientists discovered some of the oldest bony fish fossils in China. The fossils explain the early history of animals with backbones.

If you've ever wondered what it would be like to natter with a Neanderthal or have a heart-to-heart with Homo Erectus, then ...

Scientists unearthed a colossal six-million-year-old freshwater aquifer beneath Sicily's Hyblaean Mountains, holding an ...

March 2026 - One week after US-Israeli strikes on Iran triggered the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the Wise ...

A "peculiar" ancient relative of the crocodile which experts believe began life on four legs before, in adulthood, it learned how to walk on just two has been revealed in a new study. Named ...

Hitan, or “Valley of the Whales,” fossilised whale skeletons lie exposed beneath the sun. Their vertebrae stretch across the ...

Sonselasuchus cedrus, discovered in fossils from Arizona, was a crocodile relative from the Triassic period that grew into an ...

Paleontologists have often determined how old a dinosaur was by counting the growth rings in its bones. Just like with trees, ...

Their species name is well known, but until recently we’ve understood very little for certain about Homo habilis. Columnist ...