Shielded from development and agriculture, many archaeological sites from ancient Greece have now become inadvertent safe ...

Earth’s first sponges may have been ghostly, soft-bodied pioneers—ancient animals that evolved long before their skeletons ever appeared in stone.

Animals played a significant role in ancient Greek life, initially for practical use and gradually extending beyond that.

With copper-blue blood prized by modern medicine and a body plan older than dinosaurs, the horseshoe crab reveals how ancient ...

Deep inside a Caribbean cave, paleontologists have uncovered a scene that reads like gothic natural history: tiny bees once ...

The oldest fossilized remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...

Scientists found ancient bone chemistry that reveals animal health, diet, disease, and environments from millions of years ago.

Long before whales dominated the oceans, Earth’s seas were home to a fish so massive it continues to challenge our ...

Scientists have uncovered ancient wolf remains on a small Baltic island where wolves could only have been brought by humans.

Fossils of tiny, jawless marine animals reveal tooth structures sharper than sharks or steel, forcing scientists to rethink ...

Sheep may have played a major role in a prehistoric plague outbreak. By Laura Baisas Published Aug 11, 2025 11:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Deep inside a fossil-filled cave in the Dominican Republic, researchers uncovered evidence of an unexpected interaction ...