Explore 25 mammals that are shockingly ugly but incredibly fascinating. From naked mole-rats to aye-ayes, discover nature's ...

Fragmentary bones from Brazil reveal a new Triassic reptile close to the lineage that preceded dinosaurs and crocodiles.

Paleontologists are raving over a recent discovery of a well-preserved snake fossil from the Cretaceous Period, about 75 to ...

New in-development artwork from the Pokemon franchise is showing a scrapped pre-evolution of Lapras from the game's early ...

Nature is full of brilliant and spectacular creatures, but some animals are alone when it comes to their remarkable processes. While many species have similar abilities, a handful have talents that no ...

The evolution of early snakes has always been something of a mystery. But peering into the brain of an ancient fossil may ...

While humans and chimpanzees share a common evolutionary history, we will never hear how our ancient ancestors laughed.

A newly identified fossil ape from northern Egypt is reshaping ideas about where the ancestors of modern apes first emerged.

Snakes first appeared during the age of dinosaurs, but fossils of many early species are so fragmentary that scientists have ...

It represents the first known evidence of a cloaca in Synapsids, and the earliest known from the mammalian lineage.

Once upon a time, anthropologists and archaeologists told us that Lucy was the bridge to our ancient common past with monkey people.  Very controversial.

Ancient bones and DNA reveal that dog diversity and their close relationship with migrating humans developed thousands of ...