A new giant long-necked dinosaur, Dasosaurus tocantinensis, unearthed in Brazil, reveals ancient land connections. Its close evolutionary ties to a Spanish species suggest dinosaurs migrated between ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeological sheep bones unveiled at a Bronze Age site in the Eurasian steppe. Ancient animal bones are the key to understanding ...

Even with only jaws, Tanyka amnicola adds a new character to an ancient ecosystem that scientists are still trying to sketch ...

Animal mummification in ancient Egypt was a carefully organized practice that connected spiritual beliefs with economic activity. This wasn’t a rare or occasional ritual but a large, sustained ...

The fossil vomit was found at the Bromacker site in central Germany, one of the few sites that preserves a fully terrestrial ...

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

A groundbreaking new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions of years ago in jellyfish and sea anemones, among the earliest creatures ...

In the heart of ancient India, people believed something truly powerful—animals had souls. They weren’t just beings to be used for work, protection, or rituals. They were seen as emotional, ...

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💡 ...