An ancient Martian system of canyons and valleys could be home to archaic life forms, a ground-breaking scientific paper has ...

Paleontologists have discovered the first known fossilized bee nests built inside ancient bones, uncovered in a cave that ...

It's that time of year again – and my personal favorite corner of science to look back on – when we recap the many ...

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

TOKYO – Alligator weed, an invasive plant species native to South America, is spreading in rivers and lakes in Japan. The ...

The world still holds its secrets. Hidden under wet rocks, in the ocean’s twilight crevices, and in the minutiae of the ...

A T. Rex missing link, a spike-fossil and a raptor still eating its dinner are just a few of the interesting dinosaur ...

Researchers have identified over 70 new species, from ancient dinosaurs to living mammals and insects preserved in amber ...

One that caught attention from many was a type of sea mollusk that washed ashore on South Padre Island in late May.

In South Africa there’s a little-known ecosystem, containing more plant species than the entire Amazon, plants that are found ...

About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on ...