Learn about the climate changes that followed the end-Permian extinction, allowing select species to take over the planet’s ...

Rare evidence about the lives of an ancient group of arthropods has been uncovered in the U.S. The findings of the study are ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

Rare evidence about cyclidan crustaceans has been uncovered in the USA, revealing more about how they behaved.

Five 'mass extinctions' have decimated our planet since it was formed - now scientists claim the answers to two could be ...

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It was a history to which Fortey had contributed through his fascination with trilobites, which had been sparked aged 14 when, fossil hunting in Wales, he saw a promising-looking rock and tapped ...

The mound, thought to have been submerged in a flood 5,000 years ago. A recent discovery has sparked excitement among some experts who believe they may have found the fossil of Noah's Ark.

BP boss Murray Auchincloss has defended the company’s move to increase fossil fuel production and ditch its renewable energy commitments. Auchincloss is under mounting pressure from BP investors ...

A team of anthropologists and evolutionary biologists affiliated with several academic institutions in the U.S., working with a colleague from the Smithsonian Institution, has found evidence of ...

A fossil that was first discovered over 50 years ago has finally been identified as a dinosaur that lived around 166 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period.