In paleontology, lineages that drop out of the fossil record and then re-emerge after long periods are termed ‘Lazarus taxa.’ ...

Researchers discovered that a 215-million-year-old reptile started life on four legs and switched to two as an adult.

Two marsupials thought extinct for over 7,000 years were rediscovered in New Guinea through fossils, photos and citizen science.

When the asteroid ended the age of non-avian dinosaurs, it cleared ecological space on a global scale. Small survivors ...

Millions of years ago, some prehistoric otters grew far larger than any species alive today. Fossils of the giant otter Siamogale show a powerful predator with jaws capable of crushing hard shells and ...

Two marsupial species presumed to be extinct have “risen from the dead” after being rediscovered on the island of New Guinea, which lies north of Australia. One is the pygmy long-fingered ...

On a winter's day in January last year, 12-year-old Leo Ross went to school but never came back. Making his way home across ...

Here’s a fun fact that’ll make you do a double-take: Missouri has castle ruins. Not replica castle ruins or some cheesy tourist trap with foam turrets, but actual honest-to-goodness stone castle ruins ...

Roughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a meter-long bony fish with jaws ...

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

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 ...

There will be upcoming Sip & Stack events in Rankin County. The first will be held at Georgia Blue in Flowood from 5:00 p.m.