Imagine walking through a lush, green forest, sunlight dancing on the scales of a basking lizard. Nearby, a turtle glides through the water and a snake slithers silently in the underbrush. For ...

We've rounded up some of the most often repeated science myths and misconceptions to set the record straight and put you in ...

In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has undergone five mass extinctions and we are potentially in a sixth era of mass death. Today’s crocodylians are the surviving members of a lineage called ...

Footprints of tail-clubbed armored dinosaurs, ankylosaurids, have been discovered for the first time, thanks to fossil ...

Dr. Alessandro Chiarenza, a co-author of the study, explained that geological changes like mountain building and sea-level ...

New discoveries shed light on an ancient human species and its evolutionary links to modern humans. Stephen Chester, ...

An analysis of North America’s fossil record for the 18 million years before dinosaurs disappeared suggests the prehistoric ...

Dinosaur extinction theories suggest populations were dwindling when an asteroid wiped them out. New research is challenging ...

Before frogs were cute, Beelzebufo ampinga lurked in Madagascar’s shadows with a skull built for bone-crunching — and possibly dinosaur-snacking.