International research and highly-specialized divers are bringing an underground, underwater world to the surface ...

Ancient stone tools found on Sulawesi, an island in Indonesia, raises huge questions about early hominins ability to sail ...

The island of Flores has guarded one of science’s greatest mysteries: could it be that the Flores man did not actually die out completely?

A mammoth tooth reveals bacterial DNA from 1.1 million years ago, offering new clues about diseases and hidden ecosystems in ...

Scientists uncover a massive 66 million year old egg in Antarctica from a prehistoric sea lizard, rewriting reptile history with stunning details on ancient ocean life.

Tooth sensitivity, also known as dentin hypersensitivity, is a common dental problem characterized by sharp, temporary pain or discomfort in one or more teeth when exposed to certain stimuli. These ...

Deep in ancient seas, a predator three times the size of today's great whites emerged, armed with jaws wide enough to swallow a car and teeth mistaken for dragon relics. Fossils reveal a daily feast ...

South Africa's Kruger National Park which is battling a high number of rhino killings has recorded its first case of elephant poaching in over a decade, a spokesman said Friday.

Deep in the deserts of ancient Mongolia, Tarbosaurus ruled as the apex predator of the Late Cretaceous. Closely related to Tyrannosaurus rex, this massive carnivore shared the same bone-crushing bite ...

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An extinct snake has slithered its way out of obscurity over four decades after its discovery. The newly described species of reptile, Paradoxophidion richardoweni, is offering new clues in the search ...

Research teams at the National Museum of Natural Science and National Taiwan University have, for the first time, unveiled Taiwan's vanished Pleistocene ecosystem: a warm, arid savannah environment ...