Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel ...

Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived ...

Nigeria has richer sunlight than Spain, deeper gas reserves than Norway, and hydropower potential rivalling that of Ethiopia.

“Ancient DNA has produced a revolution in our understanding of recent human origins,” said Daniel Green, field program ...

We’ve always been fascinated by the deep ocean, and this time, we set out to learn more about one of its most legendary creatures - the Greenland shark. These sharks can live for over 400 years, ...

Abdo explained how fossils of footprints and other things, called trace fossils, help paleontologists learn about the creature’s way of life, from where they lived to how fast they moved.

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For centuries, humans have lived underground. Today, that ancient practice is under dire threat—even as cave life makes more ...

A new dinosaur fossil at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science was found buried hundreds of feet under the facility's parking ...

A team of scientists teamed up to date and identify the collection of more than 6,000 fossils, placing them between 131,000 ...