The biological mystery of how many mammals transitioned from being nocturnal to active in the daytime following the extinction of the dinosaurs has been cracked by researchers in Cambridge. The study, ...

Sixty-six million years ago, a massive asteroid smashed into Earth. Life has undergone at least five mass extinctions in the ...

Asteroid hit North Sea: A long-standing scientific debate has finally been resolved: the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea was formed by a massive asteroid impact around 43–46 million years ago.

Insect taxonomist Art Borkent has described and named more than 300 species of midges but fears his field of science is dying out, despite millions of insects, fungi and other organisms waiting to be ...

The tiny remnant belongs to Purgatorius, one of the earliest known relatives of all primates, including humans, which first ...

After years of debate, scientists have finally solved the mystery of the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea. New research confirms that a 160-meter-wide asteroid struck the seabed around 43 to 46 ...

The dusty plains of Western Australia’s Kimberley region are a long way from the ...

In the skull of Archaeopteryx, researchers uncovered new features that may have helped the ancient creature obtain and process food more efficiently, giving it the energy and strength to fly.

Seth MacFarlane returns as the foul-mouthed teddy bear in this coming-of-age prequel. Set in 1994, the season follows teenage John Bennett navigating adolescence with Ted by his side — blending crude ...

Scientists in Brazil discovered a 275‑million‑year‑old fossil with a twisted jaw and sideways teeth. Named Tanyka amnicola, ...

A nearly complete dinosaur skeleton discovered in Patagonia is helping scientists crack the mystery of alvarezsaurs, a bizarre group of bird-like dinosaurs. The fossil of Alnashetri cerropoliciensis ...