These seven creatures have barely changed for millions of years, earning the title of “living fossils” and offering a glimpse ...

Construction workers recently bored a two-inch hole in the parking lot of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science to determine the viability of installing a geothermal heating system. Researchers at ...

Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived ...

The world's largest-known dinosaur mating display area may have been found hiding in plain site at Colorado's Dinosaur Ridge ...

Researchers have discovered preserved soft tissue in a dinosaur fossil showing signs of cancer. The find may help scientists better understand the disease and how to treat it in humans.

When you think of dinosaurs, you might imagine towering predators or gentle giants roaming prehistoric landscapes. But what if these ancient creatures could teach us about one of humanity's most ...

Molecules from the 20-million-year-old teeth of a rhino relative are among the oldest ever sequenced, opening tantalizing ...

Imagine the sound of a dinosaur roaring... Super loud, right? Wrong... It turns out the giant prehistoric creatures almost ...

An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...

The midday sun sizzles above the scrub of Brazil’s sertão, throwing sharp shadows across a sandstone sheet locals call ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, while dinosaurs were still roaming the land, a parasitic fungus hijacked the mind of a ...