Ancient fossils from South China reveal the earliest bony fishes and shed new light on how jaws, teeth, and key vertebrate ...

These tails vary widely by anatomy and purpose—from the grippy tails of opossums to the balancing tails of kangaroos to the ...

Newfound fossils from China suggest that complex animals were around millions of years earlier than thought, among them ...

“My preparator and exceptional fossil finder, John Nyaphuli, identified a small nodule that at first revealed only tiny ...

Paleontologists have discovered fossils in southwestern China that could rewrite the history of the origin of complex animal life on Earth. The finds date from 554 to 539 million years old and belong ...

Every breath you take—from a deep sigh after a long day to the steady rhythm that carries you through a morning walk—traces ...

The sale of a Triceratops fossil for $5.55 million is the latest in a list of dinosaur specimens fetching colossal fees in ...

The assemblage suggests that the ancestors of some of today's animal groups may have arisen before the famed Cambrian ...

A cave preserved two animals’ rib cages, cartilage and even traces of protein, revealing a flexible breathing apparatus like ...

The Tseng Lab at UNLV discovers frog larvae can regrow their eyes, and seeks ways to replicate the process to benefit humans.

WASHINGTON - A remarkable assemblage of fossils from China is revealing that animal life diversified in Earth's primordial ...

In this week's Science for All newsletter, Divya Gandhi explains why scientists believe central China should be protected as a global biodiversity hotspot ...