Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

Researchers have named two newly discovered freshwater snail species from Brazil after characters from The Lord of the Rings.

But to find that complexity, we must take the lessons of the boring billion to heart. Planets are not just a stage on which ...

Uncover the golden fossil of Lomankus edgecombei, a 450-million-year-old arthropod, offering rare insights into ancient ...

Later, when describing the discovery in the journal Nature, the team named the new species Homo floresiensis [PDF]. This ...

San Diego Sheriff's Office Authorities in California say a missing 50-year-old woman has been found safe after she spent almost two days lost in San Diego's backcountry. Family members called ...

“As well as having their beautiful and striking golden color, these fossils are spectacularly preserved,” study co-author and University of Oxford paleontologist Luke Parry said in a statement. “They ...

It happened at Fossil Ridge High School in Fort Worth, Keller ISD said. Parents received an email from the district officials Monday afternoon detailing what happened. The district said it ...

But while the gold might not be real, the fossil certainly is! Research lead Luke Parry from the University of Oxford said the fossilised creature was so well-preserved, "they look as if they ...

The discovery comes from a fossil of an ancient firefly species that ... There are more than 2,000 firefly species found today, according to the Natural History Museum in London.

They had raised over $194,949 to assist her "bereaved family" Support has poured in for the family of Gursimran Kaur, a 19-year-old Walmart employee found dead earlier this month in a walk-in oven ...

The experts’ remarks were made before a group of fossil rocks found on Port Island in the Hong Kong Unesco Global Geopark was due to be shown to the public for the first time on Friday.