Two new studies offer insights into the evolution and development of external ears, which appear in humans and other mammals ...

Dinosaurs long dominated Earth's land ecosystems with a multitude of forms including plant-eating giants like Argentinosaurus, meat-eating brutes like Tyrannosaurus and weirdos like Therizinosaurus, ...

Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through a series of ...

Plastic pollution, in particular its wide-spread presence in our land and oceans, has been an ongoing issue. A recent study by UCSB researchers spanning across the Marine Science Institute, Bren ...

About 76 million years ago, a juvenile of one of the largest flying creatures in Earth's history, called Cryodrakon boreas, ...

The mystery behind the origins of the dinosaurs may have been given a new twist, with a modeling study suggesting they may have evolved in what is today equatorial Africa and South America. This would ...

The fossilized neck bone of a flying reptile unearthed in Canada shows tell-tale signs of being bitten by a crocodile-like creature 76 million years ago, according to a new study.

The fossilized neck bone of a flying reptile unearthed in Canada shows tell-tale signs of being bitten by a crocodile-like ...

Genetic analyses have solved the riddle of where a marsupial mole fits on the tree of life: It’s a cousin to bilbies, bandicoots and Tasmanian devils.