A controversial idea suggests the ancestors of echidnas were more like the platypus. For the first time, fossil evidence ...

For decades, scientists could not agree on whether to classify the Dickinsonia as an animal or not — until this new study ...

Imagine a creature so strange, so utterly unlike anything alive today, that even the world’s top scientists had no idea which ...

Analysis of single bone may tell us if the platypus is an evolutionary anomaly — starting on land, then returning to water.

The odd-looking specimen with scythe-like jaws indicates that early ants were spread widely across the globe while dinosaurs ...

A study of a 100 million-year-old bone suggests the ancient relative of the echidna and the platypus was semiaquatic — and ...

A team of scientists who study vertebrate fossil tracks and traces on South Africa's southern Cape coast have identified the ...

Many land mammals have changed to become semi-aquatic, but if this is right, echidnas are among the few that have gone the ...

According to George, the Central Valley is home to a number of significant fossil finds—including California's state dinosaur ...

When you think of predators, you likely imagine big animals with sharp claws or teeth, like tigers or sharks. Over 100 ...

This week, a string of archaeological studies lend insight into Roman gladiators, an ancient crocodile-like beast, and a ...

Most people see the Central Valley as all agriculture,” one paleontologist said, but it’s a rich source of prehistoric ...