The Ice Age cat looked like a cheetah but DNA, Arctic fossils and isotopes reveal an adaptable puma relative with an unusual diet.

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New research suggests ancient feces helped fuel marine life during the Cambrian Explosion.

We often think of microbes as organisms that live around us, like the salmonella bacteria and flu viruses that cause illness.

The discovery of DNA preserved in ancient sediments is expanding our understanding of what can constitute a fossil record.

Why do some ancient animals become fossils while others disappear without a trace? A new study from the University of Lausanne, published in Nature Communications, reveals that part of the answer lies ...

By examining thousands of genomes along with fragments of ancient chromosomes, researchers uncovered the intricate journey of ...

Latimeria or Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae Smith), A living fossil, the oldest known living lineage of Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish and tetrapods).© Openfinal/Shutterstock.com Nature craves ...

Why do some ancient animals become fossils while others disappear without a trace? A new study from the University of Lausanne, published in Nature Communications, reveals that part of the answer lies ...

The loud roar of a lion in a Roman arena was the culmination of a process starting far away from the amphitheater. But recent research reveals that the Roman spectacles of ferocious animals were made ...

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A groundbreaking new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions of years ago in jellyfish and sea anemones, among the earliest creatures ...