Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks ...

The age of the dinosaurs may conjure images of large, fearsome reptiles in the minds of many – but those were far from the ...

Under-sea mountains are key locations for predators -- with 41 times more sharks than the open ocean, new research shows.

An amateur fossil hunter just unearthed a new species of "sea dragon" dinosaur on a British beach. The sea dragon, or ...

By studying elephant seals' hunting patterns, scientists have discovered a new way to monitor deep-sea fish populations.

The tissues of the MH7 fossil were so precisely preserved that researchers could study individual skin cells. In some samples ...

The animals are not aliens, but giant pile worms, large marine worms that are typically found on the seafloor, but will swarm at the water’s surface to mate, Benjamin Neal, biologist and assistant ...

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

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

President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper straws “don’t work.” Trump signed an executive order Monday, saying: ...

Jurassic World Dominion delivered a monster of a first trailer that features more details than meet the eye. We break down ...

Religious dogma clashed with early science, but fossils and discoveries reshaped humanity’s understanding of Earth’s history.