It was a new species of hominin, now known as Denisovans, who were the first human cousins identified only by their DNA.

A team of researchers that includes a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine professor says it has uncovered new ...

The Hell Creek Formation in what's now the Dakotas, Montana, and Wyoming was once home to some of the world's most beloved ...

As if the largest bug to ever live—a monster nearly 9 feet long with several dozen legs—wasn't terrifying enough, scientists ...

The arthropod, Arthropleura, lived in forests near the equator between 346 million and 290 million years ago, during the late ...

The largest bug to ever live, Arthropleura, was part of a group called arthropods — which includes crabs, spiders and insects ...

While divers were searching for Maya artifacts in 2014, they came across the remains of an ancient giant sloth in a deep sinkhole in Cara Blanca, Belize. They managed to retrieve fossils of the ...

Predatory birds that lived at the same time as the dinosaurs may have hunted like today's hawks and owls, suggests new ...