Vaguely dog-like” animal is one of the oldest-known close cousins of modern mammals. Researchers have discovered the oldest ...

Pterosaurs were incredible animals that lived over the course of millions of years. The most famous member of this family was ...

Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre will host HK$3 million exhibition where experts will be working on 30 rocks that contain ...

New finds include a snake from the Indian Himalayas named after actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio and the piranha ...

Over time, some of those dinosaurs sprouted feathers and took to the skies—and while their reptilian cousins died off, those ...

Natural History Museum scientists and their partners across the world named almost 200 species in the last 12 months.

The end of the Cretaceous period saw disastrous geological and astronomical events, but researchers say that one in ...

December is, traditionally, a time to reflect on the events of the past year—including dinosaur discoveries. In 2024, ...

Scholars are hailing the discovery of a fossilized mastodon jaw discovered by a man who spotted two giant teeth while ...

This year, we learned that our Neanderthal cousins were a lot like us, despite treading their own path that ended in ...

Early Americans may have spent millennia sharing prehistoric savannas and wetlands with enormous beasts, research shows.

From the plight of ancient Egyptian scribes to the identities of ancient Maya sacrifices, 2024 brought a rich medley of insights into human history.