Their species name is well known, but until recently we’ve understood very little for certain about Homo habilis. Columnist ...

Goncalo Garcia describes shoebill encounter as "an incredible moment that I will always remember." ...

As families increasingly prioritize shared experiences and meaningful time together when choosing where to travel, the United ...

Paleontologists have often determined how old a dinosaur was by counting the growth rings in its bones. Just like with trees, ...

The Spinosaurus is a sail-backed, crocodile-snouted dinosaur that Hollywood depicted as a giant terrestrial predator capable of taking down a T. rex in Jurassic Park 3. Then they changed their mind ...

More than 200 people have died and dozens are missing after a landslide on March 3 in a mining area , in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Rowdy: An appropriate name for a noisy, mischievous rooster! Harold: An Old English name meaning "powerful army," it also ...

A newly described Patagonian fossil reveals the evolutionary origins and global spread of the tiny alvarezsaur dinosaurs.

Populations of Rüppell’s vultures have fallen by more than 90% over the past four decades. Knowing exactly where these ...

Do the bones of all Nile crocodiles have the same number of growth marks as their age? And can such growth rings be counted to accurately gauge the age of these reptiles? Is this also an accurate ...

A research team led by Dr. Márton Rabi from the Biogeology Department of the University of Tübingen, together with Máté ...

A tunnel collapse at a rebel-run coltan mine in eastern Congo is feared to have killed at least 200 people, officials said.