Scientists in Egypt discovered a not-before-known apex predator that lived 30 million years ago, potentially helping to solve an extinction mystery.

A nearly complete skull fossil found in Egypt has revealed a new species of Hyaenodonta, an apex carnivore that mysteriously ...

Titled "Ancient Life," it tells the story of what life was like in what is now New Mexico 300 million years ago in the Paleozoic Era, when it was near the Equator, next to multiple seas, and had ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

The Professor of History sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss 19th century forgeries, his new book, and why he considers ...

The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals.

But, alas, the mosasaurs were not dinosaurs. As with plesiosaurs, the biggest giveaway is its habitat: “With the exception of ...

The Florida Museum isn’t the first institution to send fossils into space. Small fossils of a bat, several dinosaurs, a crinoid, a hominid and a trilobite have also made the journey there and back.

The difference is that good questioning requires deep listening. When you’re genuinely focused on what the other person is ...

While experts know details about its diet, size, and general habitat, the aquatic reptile’s skin characteristics have ...

When paleoscience guru Bruce Rubidge first spread the word in the Eastern Cape town of Graaff-Reinet that he was looking for a youngster who was “practical, could think out of the ... Rubidge is a ...