Paleontologists have unearthed a remarkably preserved fossil snake in Brazil that is reshaping ideas about how the earliest ...

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl fans are celebrating the unofficial reveal of more than 100 previously-unseen designs, including ...

A study by UVM researchers concludes that black spots are caused by a form of cancer that the fish can catch from each other.

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Zoraptera, an order of insects that includes angel insects, has defied accurate taxonomic description since 1913.

Artistic representations of ancient humans often show large men with bulging muscles – but our ancestors were actually ...

Cave pearls form inside limestone caves as mineral-rich water coats tiny nuclei over time. Their rarity and slow growth make them valuable clues to cave systems and geological history.

A chiton does not look like an animal that would challenge assumptions about vision. It resembles a small armoured shell clinging to rocks in the intertidal zone, often overlooked among seaweed, ...

Scientists are increasingly worried we may be witnessing the start of the “sixth mass extinction” – the first to be caused by human activities. Five earlier mass extinctions, caused by dramatic but ...

The fossil record has historically included few fish for about 10 million years after the mass extinction event 65 million years ago.

For decades, one puzzle stood out among the many mysteries of early animal evolution: the missing origin story of bryozoans. These tiny, filter-feeding colonial animals live in almost every ocean ...

A remarkable discovery of 16 bones in Germany's Neander Valley in 1856 challenged prevailing scientific beliefs about human origins. Initially thought to be ancient humans, these remains were later ...