(Reuters) -Scientists diving to astounding depths in two oceanic trenches in the northwest Pacific have discovered thriving ...

The ocean covers a staggering 71% of our planet, and yet, we've only explored less than 5% of its vast depths. The mysteries ...

The mysterious goo, which a marine superintendent found in a ship’s rudder shaft housing comprised a whole new order of archaea.

But T. rex was also the last of its meat-tearing family. The earliest tyrannosaurs evolved about 166 million years ago. In ...

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Named Plesionectes longicollum, which translates to “long-necked near-swimmer,” the animal is part of the plesiosauroids, a ...

In a first-of-its-kind experiment tracing evolution across 25 generations, scientists have discovered that marine ...

Scientists have identified a new species of ancient marine reptile, Plesionectes longicollum, from Germany’s Posidonia Shale.

A 340-million-year-old shark species has been identified through a fossilized tooth found in Mammoth Cave National Park, ...

Exploring Indonesia—an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands—over a decade has led me to some truly jaw-dropping beaches, ...

Armadillos are expanding their range. About 20 species of armadillo exist worldwide, but the nine-banded armadillo is the ...