Paleontologists named the worm Kraytdraco spectatus, for its resemblance to a Star Wars monster. They say it sheds light on ...

Paleontologists unearthed fossils in the Grand Canyon dating back more than 500 million years that offer a new look into a ...

To catch these “dark vessels,” the team turned to synthetic aperture radar, or SAR. This is a satellite technology that sends ...

Many ‘dark vessels’ fish illegally in oceans worldwide. New studies show how often they go into Marine Protected Areas.

Learn how the Grand Canyon used to be home to an ancient evolutionary competition that has since left behind a plethora of ...

In a twist worthy of a detective novel, a long-misidentified fossil at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) has ...

Rocks gathered along the Colorado River contained evidence of a bustling community of animals in an ancient sea.

(WJW) — Scientists have discovered a new species of ancient shark. According to the National Park Service, the shark’s ...

Researchers named the latest ancient shark discovery Macadens olsoni, as a tribute to both the Mammoth Cave and Rickard Olson ...

Recently unearthed fossils from the Cambrian period shed light on a key stage of evolution, when life became much more ...

Olympia oysters, whose native range runs from Baja California to southern Alaska, are being enlisted as ecological engineers ...

Vinegar eel "flash mob" caught under the microscope! Researchers were stunned when they measured the force of the roiling worm swarm.