Deep in the rainforests of Uganda, scientists have watched the largest known group of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) turn ...

In what amounts to a prehistoric case of mistaken identity, a preserved fossil turns out to be an entirely new species ...

A 300-million-year-old fossil hailed as the world's oldest "octopus" has turned out to be something else altogether.

In what amounts to a case of mistaken identity, the fossil hid its true nature through decay 300 million years ago, before ...

The Pohlsepia mazonensis fossil was found in Illinois in the US in 2000, and first identified as an octopus 25 years ago. It ...

In Beer and the Nobel Prize, Thomas Annesley reveals the funny, human, and surprisingly relatable stories behind science’s ...

A famous “oldest octopus” fossil has been exposed as a case of mistaken identity. Advanced imaging revealed hidden teeth ...

Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?

A remarkable fossil discovery in southwest China is rewriting the story of how complex animal life began, showing that many key animal groups appeared millions of years earlier than scientists once ...

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When they awoke aboard the Orion spacecraft, the astronauts were approximately 169,000 miles from Earth and closing in on the ...