Thousands of fossils from the La Brea tar pits in California show no signs of mammals and birds evolving in response to ...

Researchers analyzed fossils and DNA to get a big-picture view of sloth evolution and determine what drove their immense size ...

In 1984, an amateur paleontologist in Scotland found a remarkable specimen: a nearly complete fossil of what looked to be a ...

Across the icy edges of Earth’s northern and southern reaches, life has adapted to thrive in some of the harshest conditions.

Also known as selective breeding, artificial selection is the human-guided cousin of evolution by natural selection. Instead ...

Breakthrough study reveals how woolly mammoths and Arctic animals evolved their cold-weather superpowers over 3 million years ...

These tasks seem completely irrelevant to these animals in their natural environment, so why are researchers interested in ...

Iliza Shlesinger broke into the comedy world in her early 20s with razor-sharp observations about dating, singlehood, and the ...

From river-clogging plants to disease-carrying insects, the direct economic cost of invasive species worldwide has averaged ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – This week, Hoosier The Bison joined the pantheon of Big Ten mascots as Indiana officially announced his rebirth.

Roughly 250 million years ago, mammals that once roamed on land began slipping back into the sea. The descendants of those ...

At roughly 22 feet long and tipping the scales near 11,000 pounds, Lokiceratops is the heavyweight champion of North American ...