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 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 ...

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

Scientists uncovered a rare baby dinosaur in South Korea and named it Doolysaurus after a famous cartoon character. Using ...

A fresh scientific investigation into the Shroud of Turin, believed by many to be the burial shroud of Jesus, has added a new ...

The country continues to surprise the scientific community with its biodiversity and the availability of new, unknown species ...