A fossil of two dinosaurs locked in battle shows the smaller of the pair wasn’t a young T. rex but a full-grown predator of ...

Two paleontologists think they have settled a long-standing debate as to whether certain fossils from the very end of the ...

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...

New lizard species in Vietnam, Acanthosaura grismeri, has unique dorsal spines and DNA revealing hidden biodiversity.

An argument over whether fossils from several small dinosaurs represent a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex or smaller adults of a ...

In this installment of ‘The Bowie Knife That Killed Dracula,’ the infamous vampire is spurred to action by a disturbing vision.

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans break the conventions for how species should be named – but Bae argues the r ...

Humans developed large brains and flatter faces at an exceptionally quick rate compared to other apes, according to new research from UCL scientists. The study suggests that these rapid changes may ...