Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown human relative from a 1.4-million-year-old fossilized jawbone, reshaping our ...

A near-perfect fossilized skull discovered in Antarctica reveals the bridge between prehistoric and modern birds, a new study ...

The newfound species belongs to the genus Paranthropus, whose nickname is "nutcracker man." ...

The ancestor of Vitoid grapes, which eventually led to the commercial grape varieties cultivated today, likely originated in ...

Paleontologists have uncovered massive dinosaur footprints in the Gobi Desert, marking the trail of what could be one of the ...

From mammoth African elephants to giant whales, let's take a look at the 8 largest mammals that inhabit our planet.

A new genus and species of Ornithomimidae, Mexidracon longimanus, has been identified from the ornithomimosaur material.

Scientists discovered the 1-foot-long animal while aboard a submersible several miles deep in the Pacific Ocean. Take a look.

It was found to display the creepy properties seen in zombie-ant fungi, insect-pathogenic fungi that infect and manipulate ...

Dr Harry Evans, Emeritus Fellow at CAB International, led scientists – including from the Natural History Museum of Denmark ...