Researchers in the Qingliangfeng Nature Reserve in China have identified a new species of newt named Pachytriton cheni. This small-sized newt, found in remote mountain streams, is notable for its ...

Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that seem to have been preserved in an unexpected way.

Researchers often rely on fossil teeth for clues about what extinct animals ate. Giant ground sloths’ teeth have been tricky to analyze, though – until now.

New Zealand’s ancient bowerbird was smaller and more slender than the species living in Australia and New Guinea today.

The animal kingdom is full of a variety of animals living on land, in water bodies, and the sky. But millions of years ago, ...

New research in a North American “mummy zone” in eastern Wyoming reveals how giant duck-billed dinosaurs were preserved in striking detail.

Parasites have roamed the Earth for a long time. They were here before the dinosaurs: The oldest fossils are more than 500 ...