The fossilised bones of our ancestors remain silent. So, how can we possibly imagine what our earliest languages sounded like?

Known as Tanyka amnicola, this lake-dweller with twisted jaws and teeth pointed outward lived in Gondwana 275 million years ...

The newly discovered fish fossil fills a key gap in our understanding of the evolution of vertebrate diversity.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent roughly six months exploring a geological feature on Mars known as boxwork: a vast network of low rock ridges, about 3–6 feet (1–2 meters) tall, crisscrossing the ...

Recently-revealed notebooks belonging to a late paleontologist contain the missing information needed to help researchers finish their study of a remarkable fossil discovered nearly three decades ago.

A team of biologists just discovered a new species of chiton, a marine mollusk that clings to rocks and feeds on algae.

Earth’s vertebrate diversity may be far richer than anyone realized. A sweeping analysis of more than 300 studies suggests that for every known fish, bird, reptile, amphibian, or mammal species, there ...

A sediment-washing “bubbler” helped researchers recover 65.5-million-year-old teeth that illuminate how early primate relatives spread after the mass extinction.

Tiny, tooth-sized fossils have just reshaped the story of our deepest ancestry. Paleontologists have discovered the southernmost remains ever found of Purgatorius—the earliest-known relative of all ...

New minuscule fossils of Purgatorius, the earliest-known relative of all primates—including humans—have been unearthed in a ...

If someone showed you photos of Onyx Cave without context, you’d probably assume they were concept art from the latest space ...

Gypsum is a soft, translucent sulfate mineral that allows just enough light to penetrate for photosynthetic organisms to survive inside, while also protecting them from being desiccated or exposed to ...