Newly analyzed fossil skeleton of Mixodectes pungens reveals its tree-dwelling lifestyle, dietary habits, and ties to ...

Our earliest mammalian ancestors avoided the dominant dinosaurs by only coming out at night and having uniformly dark, ...

It’s hard to imagine that some creatures on Earth have survived for millions of years. While many species have come and gone, ...

A 70-million-year-old titanosaur skeleton was discovered in France by amateur paleontologist Damien Boschetto. The nearly ...

Fragments of a partial skull unearthed in a cave in northern Spain have revealed a previously unknown population of ancient ...

The Wenquan Paleolithic site in Ruzhou, Central China's Henan Province, has yielded a collection of Acheulean tools, ...

A hiker in the northern Italian Alps came across an unexpected discovery pointing to some of the most mysterious aspects of nature — past and future.

Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered 100,000-year-old burials in a cave, revealing early human rituals and symbolic ...

Paragliding offers a glimpse into the world's most ancient, pristine prehistoric landscapes. These areas, teeming with ...

The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark, but new research suggests that perception is all wrong. The study finds the prehistoric hunter had a much longer body -- closer ...

Advanced radiocarbon dating has provided the most accurate age assessment yet for the “Lapedo Child,” one of the most ...

Some animals have been around since the time of the dinosaurs—and they’re still thriving today! Known as “living fossils,” ...