An astonishing, 47 million-year-old find: scientists in Germany have uncovered and identified the fossil of a true cicada. It ...

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants ...

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

It turns out this state we’re in is a hotspot for ancient fossils! With just a sifter, a trowel, and a sense of curiosity, ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

An intensive survey of the Wapello and Columbus downtown historic resources will be indefinitely delayed after the federal government put a hold on a grant that was to ...

An international research team has published a new study on one of the oldest known sites for the processing of animal meat by humans in the southern Balkans. At Marathousa 1, an archaeological site ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

One of the most intelligent non-primate animals the research team has studied are elephants, which have 5.6 billion neurons. Though Herculano-Houzel notes they also have higher-than-typical neuron ...

F lying ant day. It’s a bit of a mare, isn’t it? But might we offer some light relief the next time you find yourself ...

Animal physiology is the scientific study of the life-supporting properties, functions and processes of animals or their parts. The discipline covers key homeostatic processes, such as the ...