The anatomical reconstruction of the inner ear of the fossil provided remarkable results, revealing its unique auditory ...

Extraordinarily well preserved fossils of feathered dinosaurs and other creatures got that way after being frozen in time by by volcanic eruptions, researchers have long suggested. Not so fast, says a ...

Discover the captivating journey of Dr. Stephen T. Blume from a skateboard accident to becoming a committed evolutionist and ...

Chromosphaera perkinsii is a single-celled species discovered in 2017 in marine sediments around Hawaii. The first signs of its presence on Earth have been dated at over a billion years, well before ...

The fossil of a massive predator called a terror bird that roamed South America 12 million years ago is from the largest ...

The Psittacosaurus dinosaur fossils discovered in the Yixian Formation stood out for their remarkable state of preservation.

Terror birds were apex predators some 12 million years ago in South America. A newly published discovery could be the largest yet.

The 237-million-year-old remains are among the oldest silesaurid fossils ever found, adding to paleontologists' understanding ...

A new 450-million-year-old arthropod fossil, Lomankus edgecombei, has been uncovered in New York, revealing crucial ...

An ancient tadpole fossil, the oldest ever found, was recently unearthed in Argentina, providing insights into the evolution of modern frogs.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about the oldest known tadpole, new proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem, and the evolutionary roots of alcohol consumption.