This field of study does more than just organize living things. It also reflects the history of life's evolution.
Now known as Nanotyrannus, this mini dino could have roamed the late Cretaceous alongside T. rex.
Today’s potato likely came from a chance cross between an ancient tomato and a spud-less potato-plant lookalike, research shows.
Vampires often have human bodies. To survive on blood, they’d need to shed millions of years of evolution.
The case fostered a major distrust of experts in parts of U.S. society, especially those challenging the Bible’s account that humans never evolved.
Fossilized footprints can help calculate how fast dinosaurs moved. But tests with guinea fowl show that past estimates might not be right.
The stumpy-legged rhinos survived until about 12 million years ago, when a supervolcano’s ashfall smothered their world.
Spinosaurus fossils are challenging the longstanding claim that ancient dinosaurs were never fully aquatic. And some paleontologists still aren’t convinced.
Ancient ear muscles may not help us hear today. They can, however, offer one readout of how hard someone is trying to listen.
