A man in Pombal, Portugal, made an unexpected and truly jaw-dropping discovery while working on his property back in 2017—a collection of fossilized dinosaur bones. At first, it was just a few curious ...

A 7.2-million-year-old femur found in Bulgaria reveals early signs of upright walking and reopens the debate on human origins.

Scientists studying Mars may have uncovered a brand-new mineral hidden in the planet’s ancient sulfate deposits. By combining laboratory experiments with orbital data, researchers identified an ...

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

A nearly complete dinosaur skeleton discovered in Patagonia is helping scientists crack the mystery of alvarezsaurs, a bizarre group of bird-like dinosaurs. The fossil of Alnashetri cerropoliciensis ...

The discovery was led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities scientist Peter Makovicky along with Argentine paleontologist Sebastian ...

Ischigualasto Provincial Park in Argentina, often known as the “Valley of the Moon,” is a spectacular desert landscape filled with massive red rock formations and ancient geological structures. The ...

The discovery of two ancient fish in South China has re-written what we thought we knew about the evolution of early vertebrates.