The site sits within sediments that record major environmental upheaval in East Africa during the late Pliocene. Around 3.44 ...

Lichens are symbioses between fungi and algae (and/or cyanobacteria) that play important ecological roles and colonize many ...

Scientists have identified a new extinct species of rhinoceros that once roamed Canada’s High Arctic—a remarkable find that ...

A dinosaur fossil discovery by a researcher from The University of Texas at El Paso may expand the known range of a species ...

It's hard believe now, but we weren't always the only hominins walking around on Earth, and in the past, multiple hominins ...

Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the ...

A 410-million-year-old fossil shows ancient lichens were shaping Earth’s surface long before forests took root.

Scientists have long wondered why Earth's overall makeup doesn't fully match the mix of materials found in ancient meteorites ...

New research reveals that Earth’s so-called “Boring Billion” was a time of dramatic change beneath the surface.

The Tremembé Formation itself is the only fossil-rich unit in Brazil from the Late Oligocene that preserves mammal remains.

Since the excavation of the first Lufengosaurus huenei, Lufeng, a county-level city in Southwest China's Yunnan province, has ...