The extinct animal's face structure could help explain how vertebrates, including ourselves, evolved our distinctive look.

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A fossil hunter in Prince Edward Island has found an animal footprint believed to be the oldest of its type ever discovered, ...

More than a million years ago, early human relatives crossed an enormous sea to reach the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The ...

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

When Ohio’s Overfield Tavern Museum went up in flames in December 2024, it created a rare opportunity for archeologists to ...

Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the ...

Swept twice daily by the world's highest tides, the Bay of Fundy is home to a host of only-here experiences for adventurous ...

These old English words have been around since before people started writing history. They remind us where our language came from and show how words can last through time while the world keeps ...

In one of the poorest states in America, the local utility earns massive profits producing dirty energy with almost no ...

The nominators didn’t all agree, and, of course, had their own perspectives and agendas, but through those conversations, we ...