A 205-million-year-old fossil, Cryptovaranoides microlanius, was confirmed as the oldest modern lizard, shifting Squamata ...

While volcanism caused a temporary cold period, the effects had already worn off thousands of years before the meteorite, the ultimate cause of the dinosaur extinction event, impacted.

Massive volcanic eruptions on the Indian peninsula have long been proposed as an alternative cause for the demise of the ...

Fossils of the oldest saber-toothed predator are helping researchers understand the evolution of early mammal relatives ...

Eurasia and Africa were once populated by 13-tonne, 4 metre tall elephants, but their evolution has long remained a puzzle. A ...

A new species belonging to the gorgonopsians, the ancient ancestors of mammals, was found on the Spanish island of Mallorca.

Scientists have built the most complete evolutionary timetree for primates, covering 455 species and revealing insights into ...

A multi-institutional team of biologists has produced new insights into the evolution of anglerfish—deep-sea dwellers known ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest known animal with saber teeth: a predator that lived 270 million years ago. This animal ...

Sony Interactive Entertainment has released the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog and Classics games for December 2024, which includes [...] ...

Computer modeling suggests Saturn's rings are billions of years older than previous research suggests — but the new findings ...

As the world undergoes rapid change due to anthropogenic carbon emissions, scientists will need to know what plants have the ...