Pythons are a common sight across much of Asia, especially in the tropical jungles and wetlands of countries like Vietnam, ...

Before leaving on a fossil-hunting trip for a summer 2021 field paleontology class, a Montana State University junior made an ...

Scientists found a 307 million-year-old fossil, Tyrannoroter heberti, revealing one of the earliest known land vertebrates with teeth adapted for eating plants.

Life on Earth started in the oceans. Sometime around 475 million years ago, plants began making their way from the water onto ...

Paleontologists have identified thousands of animal species that lived soon after the Cambrian explosion ended ...

In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited.

Blood tests are useful tools for doctors and scientific researchers: they can reveal a lot about a body’s health. Usually, a blood sample is taken to get a picture of the large molecules that are ...

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...

Fossil crustaceans preserved in Japanese sediments reveal how ancient ocean currents linked Asia and North America during the ...