Scientists have described Tanyka amnicola, a newly identified species of prehistoric creature that lived 275 million years ...

A BIZARRE ancient sea creature with a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth has been uncovered. The creature’s mouth was so ...

In a dry riverbed in Brazil, in a dense forest near the Amazon, a team of paleontologists found a fossilized jawbone from an ...

Earth’s vertebrate diversity may be far richer than anyone realized. A sweeping analysis of more than 300 studies suggests that for every known fish, bird, reptile, amphibian, or mammal species, there ...

While the search for more Tanyka bones continues, the find is already helping researchers solve another puzzle—filling in the ...

Baby dinosaurs weren’t coddled like lion cubs or elephant calves—they were more like prehistoric latchkey kids. New research ...

In a dry riverbed in Brazil, in a dense forest near the Amazon, a team of paleontologists found a fossilized jawbone from an ancient animal. Over the course of their fieldwork, they found eight ...

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Dinosaurs weren't just large reptiles with offspring—they were ecosystem players whose adults and offspring lived in ...

Based on these details, its closest evolutionary relatives, and its river habitat, the study’s authors believe Tanyka likely resembled a three-foot-long salamander sporting a lengthier snout. But at ...

The Mississippi Aquarium is accepting summer aquatics fish and invertebrate internship applications. Those who sign up will ...

A teenage environmentalist goes undercover as a beaver in this wonderfully animated anti-capitalist tale that’ll gnaw at your ...