Despite the importance and dominance of angiosperms ("flowering plants") in the current ecosystem, it is rather surprising ...

Wild monkeys in West Africa can climb vertical tree trunks using foot flexibility scientists did not realize they possessed.

The record of humanity is incomplete, but researchers discovered a well-preserved skull which calls into question assumptions ...

There's a lot we know about how life developed into its present state, but there are a lot of holes surrounding the rise of ...

Fossilized feces suggest animal waste became an important source of nutrients as marine ecosystems grew more complex during the Cambrian Period. A review of Cambrian coprolites links the rise of ...

Most living mammals are small. Because smaller animals were less likely to survive the researchers’ simulated preservation ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The earliest feathered dinosaurs may have evolved their bird-like ...

Combining archaeological evidence with ancient DNA and data on past climates shows us how long and winding the story of human ...

The formation of complex terrestrial ecosystems was a significant innovation in the evolutionary history of life on Earth. This event signified the expansion of life beyond marine environments and ...

Scientists reconstructed Jurassic insect calls and found ultrasound evolved tens of millions of years before bats appeared.

May 21 (Reuters) - A new fossil of the Cretaceous Period dinosaur Psittacosaurus, a dog-sized herbivore with a parrot-like beak, that was donated to a Chinese university came with a surprise - one ...