Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone ...

Newly discovered fossil footprints in Australia, dating back 350 million years, are the oldest evidence of reptile-like ...

The emergence of the first land-dwelling animals is estimated to have occurred around 400 million years ago. This new ...

A stone slab barely half a meter wide is shaking the foundations of evolutionary science. Embedded in the slab’s fine sandstone are delicate imprints: long toes ending in sharp claws, left by an ...

Geologists working on surveying land in Mississippi stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex predator considered a "sea dragon" of the time.

Caribou make the longest migrations of any land animal, traveling up to 2,000 miles annually between the Arctic tundra and forested regions. They move seasonally to reach safe spring calving grounds ...

There are well-known examples of animals evolving from land to water — for example, it is believed that dolphins and whales evolved from land animals and share lineage with hippos. But there are ...

WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - After the demise of the dinosaurs following an asteroid strike 66 million years ago, mammals became Earth's dominant land animals. But that does not mean they went ...

WASHINGTON—Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal, dated to ...

The discovery suggests that after the first animals emerged from the ocean around 400 million years ago, they evolved the ability to live exclusively on land much faster than previously assumed.