To mark Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, Kirsty Young will present a 90-minute live event from the Royal Albert Hall ...

From Korea’s lamb-like Doolysaurus to Brazil’s earliest air-sac dinosaur, recent fossil finds are reshaping our understanding of prehistoric life. These discoveries reveal not just anatomy, but how ...

Octopuses’ earliest relatives that lived 100 million years ago may have been "gigantic" predators that hunted alongside dinosaurs, according to new research. Although scientists previously believed ...

Today's Arctic may feel remote and desolate, but more than 70 million years ago, it was a surprisingly lively place for some ...

In “The Story of Birds,” the familiar creatures in our skies and backyards are reintroduced as the last surviving dinosaurs. The following is an excerpt from “The Story of Birds: A New History from ...

A spectacular dinosaur discovery in Spain is giving scientists a rare new look inside the world of stegosaurs.

A long-standing mystery in southern Africa’s fossil record is beginning to unravel. After massive lava flows 182 million years ago seemed to erase evidence of dinosaurs in the region, scientists have ...

The following is an edited extract from The Story of Birds: A New History From Their Dinosaur Origins To the Present I will never forget my first dinosaur wing. I was a college student, on my first ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Archaeology Gold sword scabbard discovered under toppled tree in Norway was likely 'sacrificed' by an elite warrior 1,500 years ago Ancient Egyptians Lion's head pendant: An ancient Egyptian board ...