Sphenodraco scandentis is a relative of lizards that would have climbed among the trees in ancient Jurassic forests.

in what we call a depositional basin. So that's a place where sediment accumulates. and you will never ever turn into a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s National Museum offered a glimpse of its renovated building and collection on Monday, two days ...

By confirming the age of these rocks, and that they might just be the oldest rocks on Earth, we’re finally opening the door ...

The gold standard for determining the age of ancient rocks is measuring the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium into lead in minerals known as zircons. But not all rocks contain zircons, so ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, while dinosaurs were still roaming the land, a parasitic fungus hijacked the mind of a ...

Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.

Eoplatypleura messelensis is the oldest known true cicada ever identified in Europe. For the first time, a fossilized true ...

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s ...

Humans and our ancestors have been creating tools, art, and everyday objects for millions of years, and each unexpected ...

An international team of scientists with a variety of backgrounds has found evidence that a boomerang found in a cave in ...

While all types of ancient remains are valuable to science, teeth— protected by enamel, the hardest substance in the body—are ...