Perseverance has caught the silhouette of Phobos, one of the two Martian moons, sweeping across the solar disk in a fresh transit video from Jezero crater.

Archaeopteryx — the first ever bird to inhabit the Earth — may have hopped its way into the air, rather than launching with the single powerful leap modern birds use, according to a new biomechanical ...

The fossilized remains of the Miocene-period ape species Anadoluvius turkae have been unearthed at the paleotological site of Çorakyerler in central Anatolia, Türkiye. The origin of the hominines ...

Today, there are more than 8 billion human beings on the planet. Our species dominate Earth’s landscapes, and our activities are driving large numbers of other species to extinction. Had a researcher ...

Paleontologists working in southern Wyoming have identified a previously unknown species of omomyid primate, adding a new chapter to the story of one of the best-studied fossil lineages in North ...

The Universe could be twice as old as current estimates, according to new research from the University of Ottawa that challenges the dominant cosmological model and resolves the ‘impossible early ...

Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new fossil honeybee species that fills a long-standing gap in the evolutionary record of the genus Apis. Fossil honeybees are exceedingly rare, and ...

An international team of paleontologists has identified a new species of early sauropodomorph dinosaur in Zimbabwe, adding to growing evidence that southern Africa hosted a richer diversity of ...

The end-Cretaceous mass extinction, which included the elimination of all non-avian dinosaurs, occurred after the impact of the Chicxulub asteroid and during a stretch of the Deccan Traps volcanism in ...

An international team of archaeologists has unearthed three 2,200-year-old, well-preserved glass mosaics at the site of the ancient city of Zeugma in Turkey. The ancient city of Zeugma, also known as ...

A new genus and species of large theropod dinosaur being named Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus has been discovered in the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Formation in the northern part of the Fergana Depression, ...

Cats and many other animals can reflect light from their eyes. That’s why their eyes will usually shine brightly in photos taken in a dimly lit room or glow when illuminated in the dark by a ...