Researchers have finally assigned a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, confirming that Lucy’s species wasn’t alone in ancient Ethiopia. This hominin had an opposable big ...

Researchers have described the creature as "absolutely humongous" and likely the dominant predator of its day. Find out more.

Australian scientists have taken a giant leap towards confirming a theory about an ancient loop of footprints. After taking ...

The Derveni Papyrus found in Greece is of immense importance and was registered by UNESCO in 2015 as the oldest handwritten ...

Researchers detected what may be Martian lightning by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance ...

A study of Neanderthal remains has unearthed evidence of 'light, selective' cannibalism targeting women and girls around ...

Dunkleosteus used strong muscles, wide opening jaws, and hidden cartilage structures to bite large prey with speed and force.

The discovery of Australia’s oldest known crocodile eggshells is giving UNSW scientists new insight into the animals and ecosystems that existed millions of years ago, long before Australia separated ...

It's an evolutionary battle, an endless competition for survival, that has spanned millions of years. Within this epic tale ...

A teenager has hit the big screen after his hunt for a mythical creature was made into a new documentary. Daniel Lee Barnett, ...

We tend to think earthquakes are predominantly driven by deep-Earth forces. But in Kenya’s Lake Turkana Rift, researchers ...