An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...

Advanced analysis of prehistoric cave art has revealed new insights into the fishing practices of Paleolithic societies.

Researchers have named two newly discovered freshwater snail species from Brazil after characters from The Lord of the Rings.

Lonesome George was discovered motionless in his enclosure, one morning in June 2012. Overnight, George had taken not only ...

It is unclear exactly why the animals went extinct, but scientists say that human activity or climate change contributed to ...

Paleontologists have made a fascinating discovery in New York State: fossil remains of an ancient species of arthropod that ...

Ancient “gold” bug fossils, infused with pyrite, have been identified as a new species of arthropod by a team of researchers.

Unfortunately, many rare animals face the threat of extinction due to habitat loss, climate change, poaching, and other human activities. Some of these animals are so rare that only a few ...

Megacheirans like Lomankus were very diverse during the Cambrian Period some 538-485 million years ago, but they were thought to be largely extinct by the Ordovician Period ... of arthropod than any ...

The church does not provide clear guidance about whether animals do — or don’t — go to heaven. I gently suggest in the book that since the time of the great medieval philosopher St. Thomas ...

Lomankus is one of the only known Megacheirans to have survived past the Cambrian Period (485 to 541 million years ago) and into the Ordovician Period (443 to 485 million years ago). Paleontologists ...

Paleontologists believe Megacheirans were largely extinct by the beginning of the Ordovician Period. The new Lomankus fossils also have several ties to Yale’s paleontological efforts ...