According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, certain storms undergo bombogenesis, which happens ...

Advanced biomechanical modeling shows that early mammal ancestors likely used an eardrum to hear airborne sounds 250 million ...

A rare fossil plant reveals how early plants moved water and food, helping to explain the secrets of tree growth.

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

Researchers show that tiny armored dinosaur fossils, Liaoningosaurus paradoxus, were actually baby ankylosaurs.

Wadi El-Hitan in Egypt’s Western Desert contains hundreds of fossilized whale skeletons dating back around 37 million years.

Andreas Malm and Thea Riofrancos joined The Nation’s Wen Stephenson in an urgent conversation about the left and the climate ...

P. furnessi is considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red List. Their current ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

Gold is helping scientists turn plant-based ethanol into valuable industrial chemicals by keeping a delicate reaction under ...

Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record, scientists said.

From excavating an internationally prized dig site to creating educational art that truly comes alive, the Indianapolis Children’s Museum paleoartist and fossil preparator offers a look at how he ...