New fossils reveal the hand bones of Paranthropus boisei, proving this early human ancestor could make and use tools.

A discovery deep in the rocky terrain of West Texas is changing what scientists know about dinosaurs that once roamed this ...

For decades, the fossils found in the Pilbara region of Western Australia were the subject of heated debate. Were they truly ...

A surprising fossil discovery in the desert of West Texas has revealed that a dinosaur species once thought to roam only the ...

Ancient trees may have played a key role in regulating Earth's climate during the last ice age—by 'breathing' less ...

The site sits within sediments that record major environmental upheaval in East Africa during the late Pliocene. Around 3.44 ...

Scientists have identified a new extinct species of rhinoceros that once roamed Canada’s High Arctic—a remarkable find that ...

A dinosaur fossil discovery by a researcher from The University of Texas at El Paso may expand the known range of a species ...

A 410-million-year-old fossil shows ancient lichens were shaping Earth’s surface long before forests took root.

Researchers uncovered a 2.75–2.44 million-year-old site in Kenya showing that early humans maintained stone tool traditions ...