The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our planet's history.

While Thrinaxodon liorhinus didn’t yet have the sophisticated hearing equipment of modern mammals, it shows that eardrums began evolving much earlier than assumed.

Unicornic heraldry isn't restricted to the King or Queen. Several institutions in the City of London have unicorns as part of ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

Texas is simply crawling with curious critters, and according to a respected research institute, "thousands and thousands" of creepy creatures are showing up on the Gulf Coast because of a "mass die ...

Archaeologists uncovering an ancient Roman forum in modern-day Turkey found a rather unique depiction of Medusa. The columned forum included ceiling tiles with a carved Medusa, but instead of a ...

GUAM — Only a scattering of light penetrates the deep water, more than 300 feet beneath the ocean surface off the coast of Guam. It's like twilight to the human eye, even in the middle of the day.

(CNN) — Only a scattering of light penetrates the deep water, more than 300 feet beneath the ocean surface off the coast of Guam. It’s like twilight to the human eye, even in the middle of the day.