A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...

As climate change threatens tropical forests, a new study shows how the loss of those forests can be devastating to life on ...

That means Jonathan will turn, at the very least, a whopping 193 years old later this year. During that time, the giant tortoise has lived through US presidents from Andrew Jackson all the way to ...

Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

An ancient climate tipping point is revealed in new fossils dating back to Earth’s most severe extinction event, called the ...

Paleontologist Andre LuJan had an assist from nature with his latest exciting fossil find. Heavy rains helped expose a nearly complete skull of an enormous ancient salamander-like creature in a quarry ...