Trove of fossils discovered in Canada sheds light on "when life first became large, complex and unmistakenly animal." ...

She has been a one-woman money machine for the music industry, having sold more than 120 million records. A detailed report into Adele’s popularity – called Adelytics – a decade ago by the Kogod ...

The now-extinct mollusk may have reached up to 60 feet in length, researchers have found Yohei Utsuki, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University A giant "kraken" octopus may have ...

Today’s octopuses are intelligent, remarkably flexible animals that lurk in reefs, hide in crevices, or drift through the deep sea. But new research suggests that their earliest relatives may have ...

The 19-second clip titled “Me at the zoo” has amassed over 388 million views. YouTube’s first video, “Me at the zoo,” is now 21 years old. The site rapidly grew, now ranking as the second most visited ...

Giant octopuses measuring up to 62 feet (19 meters) in length were among the top ocean predators around 100 million years ago, according to new research that uncovered rare fossils hidden within solid ...

Teeth are like tiny biological time capsules. They tell stories about ancient diets and environments long after their owners have died and landscapes have changed. After bones break down, tooth enamel ...

Scientists have solved a long-standing geological mystery about where the Colorado River flowed during a roughly 5-million-year gap in the geological record, according to researchers at UCLA.

Researchers studying a 250-million-year-old fossil have found the first ever proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs, with the discovery also shedding light on a remarkable survival story. The fossil, ...

You can’t make a mammal-ette without laying some eggs. The duck-billed platypus wasn’t the only mammal to lay eggs. Analysis of a fossil in South Africa proves that our mammalian ancestors were ...