Scientists discovered a giant echidna fossil in Australia that shows these animals lived across a wider area during the Ice ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in southwest China is rewriting the story of how complex animal life began, showing that many key animal groups appeared millions of years earlier than scientists once ...

Animal life began in aquatic environments more than 600 million years ago. Around 500 million years ago, during the Cambrian ...

Ancient animal history is extremely difficult to reconstruct, for a number of reasons. Some of the earliest creatures in existence were soft-bodied and microscopic, leaving behind very little evidence ...

New species are being discovered faster than ever before — at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study. And the trend shows no sign of slowing with scientists predicting that the ...

Two new species of geckos have been discovered in Vietnam, one of which has been named after a renowned scientist.

A fossil bed in China containing animals up to 554 million years old suggests that we may have to reconsider the idea that ...

A rare crab found in India shows both male and female traits, helping scientists unlock secrets of sex development and ...

A discovery deep underground in Comal County is challenging what scientists thought they knew about the region’s ancient past ...