"Geologists tend to agree that, billions of years ago, the configuration of the continents was very different. How exactly they all fit...

"Our planet is thought to be about 4.5 billion years old, but the oldest fossils are about 3.5 billion years old. That doesn't...

Some 99 million years ago, a juvenile dinosaur got its feathery tail stuck in tree resin, a death trap for the small creature. But its...

"The largest known insect of all time was a predator resembling a dragonfly but was only distantly related to them. Its name is...

Scientists have discovered what seems to be the oldest supermassive black hole yet. The black hole, dubbed PSO J0309+27, likely formed...

A chunk of rock that had been buried in the ground for millions of years has become a new clock for understanding Earth's rotation....

"Back in May 2015, an Australian prospector set off to scour the Maryborough Regional Park in search of his fortune, but instead of...

"A shocking new study suggests that researchers have found traces of DNA inside a fossilized dinosaur skull. Cartilage cells, chromosomes...

"The best way to understand the growth, evolution, and development of spiders and other arachnids would be excavating for amber in...

"Some 100 million years ago, a bee became stuck in tree resin. Trapped, without any chances of escape, it was preserved in time until...

According to a new archeological report, ancient humans inhabiting parts of present-day Asia had elongated skulls more than 12,000 years...

"Did you ever wake up from a long nap feeling a little disoriented, not quite knowing where you were? Now, imagine getting a wake-up call...

(CNN)A group of paleontologists say the tiny freckles they found on a rock could hold the key to understanding the origins of plant life...

String theory tells us there are at least ten other dimensions. Not only does this allow for an eternal being existing outside of linear...

(CNN)Scientists studying the remarkably well-preserved remains of an Ice Age bird have identified the specimen as a horned lark. Buried...

This Calvinistic interpretation says just as creation's first six days were eras, so is the seventh. Read the full chapters below and...

In the swamps and rivers of northern South America 12 million years ago, some of the largest turtles that ever lived fought epic battles...

"Billions of years ago, scientists believe that the Moon had a magnetic field, much like Earth’s. But that field shut down at some point...

From the Calgary Herald: A fearsome lizard with a name meaning “reaper of death” is the first new tyrannosaur species to be identified in...

"As most parents of small children know, lice are survival artists, skilled at avoiding detection and spreading to new hosts. And now...