Prehistoric kangaroos in southern Australia had a more general diet than previously assumed, giving rise to new ideas about ...

Samuel Arman and colleagues' close examination of tooth microwear among living and extinct kangaroo species suggests that most of the species living ...

Samuel Arman and colleagues’ close examination of tooth microwear among living and extinct kangaroo species suggests that most of the species living in Australia during the Late Pleistocene had a ...

A new study finds that one of the hottest periods in Earth's history may have driven lampreys apart—genetically speaking. The ...

As Democrats enter 2025, several factors provide them with a sense of hope and optimism for regaining and maintaining political power. The landscape of American politics can be unpredictable, but ...

Meet Fona herzogae: the tiny dinosaur that burrowed its way into paleontological history—who rewrote just about everything we know about survival in the age of giants.

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Scientists have unearthed a remarkable fossil of a gorgonopsian, a saber-toothed predator they believe to be the oldest ever discovered.

Details about the juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex fossil discovered by three boys in North Dakota are beginning to take shape, ...

Hundreds of dinosaur footprints from around 166 million years ago have been found at an Oxfordshire quarry, forming part of a ...

On the one hand, there’s no sugarcoating how progressives feel at the close of 2024: rough.

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...