To say that oil is made from dinosaurs is like saying that bread is made from insects, just because the odd one occasionally ...

This article explores ten extinct plant species, from the ancient Araucarioxylon arizonicum to the more recent Sophora ...

NEW MEXICO CONSORTIUM NEWS RELEASE Dr. Spencer Lucas, Curator of Paleontology at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and ...

The Ordovician Period was around 485 to 444 million years ago and had a thriving ecosystem beneath the water, before fauna and flora on land.

WORCESTER TWP., Pa. (WPVI) -- Roughly 40 animals are either dead or missing after heavy flames engulfed a barn in Worcester Township, Pennsylvania. The blaze broke out around 3:13 a.m. Wednesday ...

Not even wild animals are safe from Mexico’s cartel violence. Tigers, elephants, lions and monkeys were evacuated this week from a wildlife refuge in Culiacán, Sinaloa, a city overrun by cartel ...

My taxonomically-focused research has formally described dozens of Paleozoic echinoderm taxa, including many new species and higher taxa, and much of my research uses the ~half-billion-year echinoderm ...

A recent study shows that marine oxygen levels were crucial to the evolution of Early Paleozoic trilobite body size, suggesting that oxygen may have influenced the evolution of other animals&#39 ...

Animal testing remains a fundamental part of biomedical research. But as funding evaporates, mice, rats and even monkeys may be euthanized. By Emily Anthes On April 1, the Trump administration’s ...

South China is renowned for its exceptional fossil preservation and its diverse Early Paleozoic marine ecosystems. Researchers have extensively studied the Ordovician strata in this region, ...

Countless dirty secrets swirl around the way animals on factory farms live, but an even uglier one may be the way they sometimes die. “If everyone had to work a day in a meatpacking plant, these ...

Animals can be born with genetic or developmental issues that make it hard for them to live normal lives. They also can develop mental health problems in response to conditions around them.