Scientists suggest that bigger brains in bird ancestors led to more flexible skulls, playing a key role in their evolution.

New research from the University of Chicago and University of Missouri shows how physical changes in the skull affected the ...

A new species of primitive reptile, named Marmoretta drescherae, was identified from fossils unearthed in Portugal dating ...

After discovering a trove of mummified crocodiles in Egypt, researchers noticed something unexpected—these reptiles had an ...

The careless disposal of large plastic containers and their caps continues to endanger wildlife and animals. This time, an ...

According to the researchers, their conclusions about the facial development of embryonic mice also appears to apply to us ...

So excited doesn't quite capture it MARIAN FAA: Three thousand kilometres away in the PNG province of Madang, a descendant of explorer Miklouho Maclay is waiting for the skulls to arrive.

The surrounding area was known for its “extremely high levels of biodiversity,” but the park’s amphibian and reptile diversity remained “substantially underestimated,” according to a ...

Pliosaurs, part of the broader group of marine reptiles known as plesiosaurs, roamed the world’s oceans during the Late Jurassic period, approximately 150 million years ago. This particular skull, ...

The skulls of Viking-age Swedes, dated between the 10th and 12th centuries, suggest the population of the time was suffering from a wide variety of ailments. Researchers from the University of ...

Among the ruins of ancient cities scattered across northeastern Spain, archaeologists have uncovered a grisly yet fascinating relic of the past: severed human skulls, pierced with iron nails ...

An analysis of the origins of seven severed skulls with nails through them shows that some people treated this way in Iron Age Spain were local while others came from afar.