Last year has yielded remarkable discoveries in human evolution, including fossils, genetic studies, footprints, and archaeological finds. This video covers the 5 most notable discoveries made in the ...

Darwin imagined evolution as a slow, gradual progress, with species accumulating small changes over time. But even he was ...

New research is shaking up our understanding of evolution by revealing that some species may not evolve gradually at all. Instead, scientists discovered that certain marine worms experienced an ...

Arabia's lush past revealed through mineral deposits, speleothems, and archaeological sites, challenging theories of human ...

They have big brains, long childhoods and sociable, curious minds. So why haven’t birds developed complex culture?

From the earliest beats of human civilization to the electric pulse of modern music, no instrument has carried the weight of ...

New fossil evidence shows that South America’s extinct mastodons were vital seed dispersers, and their loss still haunts ...

The history of the animals that inhabit the Earth has had many ups and downs, which have led many species to extinction, ...

When you think of dinosaurs, you might imagine towering predators or gentle giants roaming prehistoric landscapes. But what ...

“Jaws” was filmed on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, in Massachusetts. After careful management and the designation of white sharks as a prohibited species in federal waters in 1997 and in ...

This article explores ten extinct plant species, from the ancient Araucarioxylon arizonicum to the more recent Sophora ...

Collagen from a fossilized bone fragment can identify the animal it came from. And, some new info about our galaxy’s eventual extinction.