A discovery about the dark fur of early mammals confirms long-held theories about their evolutionary and ecological behavior.

Our earliest mammalian ancestors avoided the dominant dinosaurs by only coming out at night and having uniformly dark, ...

Using their monochrome coats as camouflage, these mammals blended into the shadows to avoid being eaten by dinosaurs at night ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

Newly analyzed fossil skeleton of Mixodectes pungens reveals its tree-dwelling lifestyle, dietary habits, and ties to ...

Scientists have discovered a rare fossil of a giant, venomous scorpion that lived 125 million years ago, offering new insights into ancient ecosystems.

Beavers, those iron-toothed rodents with a talent for hydraulic engineering, can legally return to English river catchments ...

It’s hard to imagine that some creatures on Earth have survived for millions of years. While many species have come and gone, ...

Scientists suggest that bigger brains in bird ancestors led to more flexible skulls, playing a key role in their evolution.