In the Hüyük District of southwestern Turkey, researchers discovered a new species of scorpion, Alpiscorpius huyukensis, ...

In a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, Julien Benoit from the University of the Witwatersrand confirmed that the rock ...

Scientists have discovered a 167-million-year-old reptile on Scotland's Isle of Skye that appears to be a lizard and snake ...

Scientists uncovered two new prehistoric shark species, Troglocladodus trimblei and Glikmanius careforum, in Kentucky's ...

At a certain point in Earth’s distant past, the planet’s assortment of organic molecules and compounds aligned to create the ...

Good day, my lord! How fare thee? And how art thou cat? He is looking rather fluffy this morning, if I may be so bold as to ...

With so many cool creatures and interesting mythological characters, this series is ripe for creating a whole bestiary!

Recently, more and more foreign authors have been turning to ancient Greece to get inspiration for their novels.

MIT geochemists offer compelling evidence that ancient sea sponges were Earth's first animals, emerging over 541 million ...

A newly described fossil reveals that leeches are at least 200 million years older than scientists previously thought, and ...

Scientists discovered Joaquinraptor casali, a 23-foot carnivorous dinosaur that lived 66-70 million years ago in Argentina's Patagonia region. It had a creature's bone in its mouth.

From towering apes to the legends of human folklore, the idea of giants has haunted history. Fossil evidence and myth collide in the story of mysterious creatures that may have once ruled North Americ ...