A new fossil discovery in Canada is rewriting part of the story of how animal life began. The remains of creatures that lived ...

Before the oldest dinosaur, before animals or even plants had expanded onto dry land, ancient relatives of starfish called ...

From the iconic Owl House to ancient fossils, art galleries and unforgettable Karoo hospitality, Nieu-Bethesda is one of ...

Museums are supposed to be havens for the collective cultural and scientific heritage of the planet, but specimens sometimes ...

University of Oklahoma paleontologists recently discovered a 450-million-year-old fossilized soft tissue from a species related to the starfish, a finding that is one of two known examples of this ...

Persistent, but popular, social media posts claim there is no proof dinosaurs existed and were created to validate the theory ...

New fossil discoveries are reshaping scientists’ understanding of a pivotal chapter in human evolution, revealing that several human ancestor lineages lived side by side nearly 3 million years ago.

Exceptionally preserved fossils from China reveal that bryozoans were already thriving during the Cambrian explosion.

Tiny fossil teeth from Alaska are changing how scientists view mammal life and migration in the ancient Arctic.

A White House report details what the administration wants to change in museums—and suggests that a crackdown could be coming ...

Scientists explore whether humor influenced language evolution, suggesting "survival of the wittiest" shaped communication ...