When paleontologists only have so many clues to infer a fossil’s original form, it’s all too easy to make honest mistakes. Sometimes, supposedly reasonable assumptions set researchers on the wrong ...

Politically active for more than a half-century, actor Jane Fonda is now focusing her energy, celebrity, connections and resources on fighting climate change and combating the "existential crises" ...

A major pollutant from fossil fuels has been linked to an increased risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to new research.

A fossil skull from China that made headlines last week may or may not be a million years old, but it's probably closely related to Denisovans.

Scientists reclassified a long-misunderstood fossil from Brazil as a new genus, Franscinella riograndensis. Using advanced microscopy, they discovered spores preserved in situ—a rare find that links ...

A recent study has made microscopic fossils messengers from a warmer world, showing that the tropical Pacific Ocean could be much more stable—and robust—than previously thought. Analyzing nitrogen ...

A 242-million-year-old fossil from Devon reveals unexpected skull and tooth features in one of the earliest lepidosaurs. A newly discovered fossil from Devon has provided rare insight into the ...

Key topicsThe trace is the world’s earliest known “butt-drag” fossil, preserved in South Africa.Researchers link the mark to a rock hyrax (dassie), a small mamm ...

In last year’s Global Hydrogen Report, the IEA projected that global production of low-emissions hydrogen would grow to as high as 49 million metric tons annually by 2030. That prediction has been ...

The skull reconstruction points to an Asian lineage that includes Homo longi and the mysterious Denisovans. It essentially suggests that modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans started going their ...

New research has uncovered a species of hook-toothed lizard that lived about 167 million years ago and has a confusing set of features seen in snakes and geckos—two very distant relatives. One of the ...