A fossil discovery could transform the understanding of how the brains and intelligence of modern birds have evolved.

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Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape over ...

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

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Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.

In his new book, Power Metal, journalist Vince Beiser provides a balanced briefing on the race for the resources that will ...

Coelacanths are strange fish that are currently only known from two species found along the East African coast and in ...

Planet-warming carbon emissions reached a new high this year, according to research published Wednesday by the Global Carbon ...

Cities in Asia and the United States emit the most heat-trapping gas that feeds climate change, with Shanghai the most ...