Discovery of Enlarged Spinal Openings in Three Extinct Smilodon Fossils Suggests Rare Neurological Tumors Affected Ice Age Predators Near the End of the Pleistocene
Ancient Australian Fossil Rewrites the Family Tree of Marsupial Predators With the Earliest Known True Dasyurid Ever Found
Whale Sharks Display Remarkably Flexible Feeding Strategies That May Help Them Thrive in Nutrient-Poor Tropical Seas
May 2024 Solar Storm Exposed Gaps in Britain’s Power Grid, Satellite Safety, and Space Weather Forecasting, Scientists Say
Tiny T. rex Hatchlings Were House-Cat Sized and Likely Ready to Hunt Soon After Hatching, Study Finds
Ancient DNA Recovered From 50,000-Year-Old South African Tooth Pushes Back Genetic Record for Sub-Saharan Africa
Thailand Fossil Reveals Uragasaurus kalasinensis, the First Named Mamenchisaurid Dinosaur From the Country
Ancient Chinese Tomb Suggests 2,600-Year-Old Bronze Bells Were Intentionally “Deactivated” After Peace With a Rival State
Holoparasitic Plant Found to Replace Its Own Mitochondrial Genes With Functional DNA From Host Species
First Dinosaur Fossil Ever Found in Antarctica Officially Identified as a Titanosaur From 82 Million Years Ago
Museum Fossil Misidentified for Decades Turns Out to Be One of North America’s Earliest Saber-Toothed Cats and Reveals How Their Iconic Fangs First Evolved
Scientists Discover the Earliest Known Ancestor of Spider Fangs in a 518-Million-Year-Old Fossil, Revealing How Chelicerae First Evolved
Brain Size May Have Lagged Behind Body Growth in Human Evolution Before Surging Beyond Expectations, New Analysis Suggests
Humans Have Been Aging Slowly for Up to 30 Million Years, Study Suggests—and the Secret May Lie Across the Primate Family Tree
Scientists Discover a Hidden Antiviral Immune System in Sea Anemones That Works the Opposite Way From Humans Yet Still Stops Deadly Viruses
Tiny 350-Million-Year-Old Fossils Overturn a Long-Held Evolution Theory by Revealing the First Tetrapods Never Had Tadpole-Like Larvae
Ancient Fossil Forest Reveals Flowering Plants Ruled Earth 10 Million Years Before the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
Human Evolution Wasn’t a Steady Climb: Study Finds Biggest Body Size Jump Happened 2 Million Years Ago
