A strange crest found on ancient reptile fossils suggests birds and dinosaurs may not have the exclusive lock on feather-like ...

During the Triassic period nearly 250 million years ago, a small reptile scurried after insects in the canopy of a lush ...

Body coverings such as hair and feathers have played a central role in evolution. They enabled warm-bloodedness by insulating ...

Body coverings such as hair and feathers have played a central role in evolution. They enabled warm-bloodedness by insulating ...

Since the first sharks emerged in the world’s oceans nearly half a billion years ago, the world has gone through five major ...

Ariel Investments, an investment management company, released its “Ariel Focus Fund” second-quarter investor letter. A copy ...

Earth has experienced both hot and cold periods over time, though warm times have been more common. That’s true of the last 485 million years, as seen in this timeline reported in 2024. Our genus, ...

The candidate filing period for local Oct. 7 municipal elections opens July 15 and closes July 29. Here’s a look at what seats are open and which candidates have indicated they will file.

A 259-million-year-old fossil skull of Yinshanosaurus angustus has been found, filling a key evolutionary gap in pre-extinction pareiasaurs.

Roughly 252 million years ago, Earth experienced its deadliest known extinction. Known as the Permian–Triassic Mass ...

A fossilized skull of a massive amphibian has been discovered in a Texas quarry, and its appearance has sparked comparisons to an animated character from a beloved children’s film. Though the ...