Roaming the ancient seas eons ago, the megalodon shark eviscerated its prey with jaws that were 10 feet wide. Warpaintcobra/iStock via Getty Images Plus Imagine traveling back in time and observing ...

A Mazon Creek fossil shows a horseshoe crab riddled with pits, likely from microbes or parasites, revealing a ...

Meet Salwasiren qatarensis, a small, ancient sea cow species whose fossils were found in Qatar, in one of the world’s biggest ...

For nearly two centuries, scientists have tried to solve an enduring mystery about a giant millipede-like animal named Arthropleura that used its many legs to roam Earth more than 300 million years ...

Anacondas have been giant for millions of years, a new study finds. The enormous snakes' average body size has remained constant since they first appeared in the fossil record about 12.4 million years ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today’s animals — including humans — may struggle, or fail, to survive. Yet ...

An ancient bird that swam in Antarctica’s balmier waters 69 million years ago may be the earliest known waterfowl on Earth, scientists say. Birds were the only dinosaurs to survive the end-Cretaceous ...

Early Eocene forest, Wyoming, U.S. Illustration by Julius Csotonyi, Smithsonian Institution Pollinators play a vital role in fertilising flowers, which grow into seeds and fruits and underpin our ...