BEIJING - Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ...

Eelpouts are primarily bottom-dwelling species, found in deep trenches or around hydrothermal vents in some of the planet’s ...

Pinpointing when birds diverged completely from dinosaurs has long remained a paleontological mystery.

According to myth, cave wyrms are terrifying creatures that live deep inside mountain caves, or sometimes in marshes and fens ...

The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals.

In a national park of northern Thailand, a “slender” creature climbed up a rock using its “leaf-like” toes to grip the ...

Despite a shy Texas critter's attempt to avoid contact with humans, it recently ended up closer to a person than most of its species would ever endeavor. On Friday afternoon, Stephanie Bartusov ...

For the first time, scientists have completed an in-depth analysis of fossilized soft tissues from a plesiosaur ...

Rarely seen and poorly understood, the future of our clouded leopards depends on urgent conservation efforts as it faces numerous threats such as poaching and deforestation ...

As night fell across western Thailand, a “long”-limbed creature emerged from the rocks and took up its perch. Its “large” eyes scanned the landscape, but it wasn’t the only one looking around. Nearby ...

Dramatic video has emerged online of a kayaker escaping after being chased by a great white shark off the coast of Northland, New Zealand, late last month.

Emily Taylor smiles as she holds up the tail of a snake that is wrapped around her neck. (Courtesy photo) Los Padres Forest Watch will present The Secret ...