“ Tyrannoroter is the earliest and most complete vertebrate land herbivore to show adaptations that could process high-fiber ...

Roughly 234 million years ago, Earth’s continents were fused into one massive landmass, and life as we know it was on the ...

Deep within a cave on New Zealand’s North Island, scientists have uncovered a long-lost record of life from a million years ago.

A bizarre fossil called Prototaxites, which was the largest life-form on land 400 million years ago, may have been a ...

Hundreds of millions of years before dinosaurs, the tallest things on land were not trees or animals but towering, trunk-like ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, a cosmic beast formed a mere 470 million years after the Big Bang. The findings, published Monday, confirm what until now were theories that ...

Pollinators play a vital role in fertilizing flowers, which grow into seeds and fruits and underpin our agriculture. But climate change can cause a mismatch between plants and their pollinators, ...

The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to 40 million years earlier than previously thought -- thanks to evidence discovered at an Australian fossil site that represents a critical ...

A massive new review of ancient atmospheric carbon-dioxide levels and corresponding temperatures lays out a daunting picture of where the Earth’s climate may be headed. The study covers geologic ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

On a lakeside peninsula in Eastern Africa, archaeologists have found clues about a society that lived there over 3 million years ago. The Homa Peninsula, in Kenya, is part of the East African Rift ...