"For me it's just amazing because I've been aspiring to be a paleontologist for as long as I can remember." While out for a hike with his dad, 12-year-old Nathan Hrushkin made a thrilling discovery — ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

We know that some animals are bilaterian—meaning they display bilateral symmetry—while others are not, but nature is rarely ...

As adults, these large snakes are better known for their slow, lumbering gait, but the researchers discovered that young ...

An ancient human site in Germany features animal bones that were smashed into small pieces and heated to extract fat 125,000 ...

Snakes have adapted to climb trees, skate across hot sand, and even swim through water — all without arms or legs. What’s ...

The Civic Lubbock, Inc. Board this week announced the upcoming inductions into the West Texas Walk of Fame for 2025. See who ...

Paleontologists have identified a new ancient reptile from the Solnhofen limestone slabs, thanks to a chance discovery. A ...

Rare 95-million-year-old skull of legged snake Najash reveals how early snakes evolved, reshaping scientists’ theories on ...

That first dig was significant — the skeleton bones included rear limbs, making it the first evidence of a land-based snake ...