A paleontologist was trying to locate the site of a famous 1908 discovery when a rancher in Wyoming shared an important clue.

For decades, Paranthropus robustus has intrigued scientists as a powerful, big-jawed cousin of early humans. Now, thanks to ...

Millions of people across the Caribbean are trying to deal with the devastating effects of Hurricane Melissa, which tore through the region this week, slamming into Jamaica as a Category 5 storm. Now, ...

A long-standing dinosaur mystery has finally been solved, revealing surprising details about a small predator that once lived in the shadow of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex.

For many years, paleontologists have debated about whether there was a smaller relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex, or if those smaller fossils were really just awkward teenage versions of the king of ...

NC State University and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences discover the nanotyrannus, a smaller dinosaur once thought to be a teenage T-Rex ...

Researchers have uncovered dozens of long-misidentified coelacanth fossils in British museums, some overlooked for more than ...

The sustainable aviation fuel is reported to meet industry standards without needing to be blended with fossil fuels.

From phasing out fossil fuels to recognising Indigenous languages as a foundation for conservation, Members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have adopted a series of ...

As the long arm of the fossil fuel lobby enters the classroom, some US science teachers are finding their job requires more ...

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

A major shake-up in dinosaur paleontology reveals that what scientists have long called "Tyrannosaurus" is actually two ...