The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

The iconic Homo erectus fossil was welcomed home with a repatriation ceremony and a new museum exhibit in Jakarta.

A newly described fossil snake from India is forcing scientists to redraw the record books on reptile gigantism, with some ...

A rare fossil plant reveals how early plants moved water and food, helping to explain the secrets of tree growth.

A 70 million year old dinosaur egg from China stunned scientists when it revealed glittering crystals inside, raising new ...

In paleoanthropology, a rare, nearly-complete skeleton can rewrite entire chapters of the human origin story. The “Little ...

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an unexpectedly primitive appearance. While its braincase fits with classic ...

A new study led by UCC paleontologists discovered that frogs have conserved their ecology in the last 45 million years. The ...

UChicago paleontologists use CT scanning and simulations to show how a 250-million-year-old mammal predecessor could hear ...

The Trump administration has transformed the Environmental Protection Agency in its first year, cutting federal limits on air ...