The remains of the fearsome Spinosaurus mirabilis have been waiting for eons to be discovered in a Sahara Desert fossil bed.

A research team camping in one of Thailand’s most protected forests discovered a never-before-documented scorpion species ...

“Living fossil” is often misused, but chitons really haven’t changed much in about 300 million years.

A major new study finds the pace of biological discovery is accelerating, not slowing down, and estimates Earth may harbor ...

Strange dinosaur species found with hundreds of stones in its throat named after funk band - Species named after techno-funk duo Chromeo could be key to understanding how a small group of dinosaurs su ...

Scientists discovered a new dinosaur species in the Sahara, Spinosaurus mirabilis, that likely hunted fish in shallow rivers.

Two marsupial species thought long extinct, until now known only from fossils, were found alive in New Guinea through a ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of chiton, an ancient marine mollusk that has remained virtually unchanged for the ...

Even as some scientists search for signs of life beyond Earth, other researchers have been discovering new species on our own humble planet faster than ever before. From high up in the mountains to ...

Paleontologists from the University of Bucharest and Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest have discovered a new species of herbivorous dinosaur in Romania’s Hațeg Country UNESCO Global Geopark. The ...

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