Recent fossil evidence suggests adult T. Rex likely sported scaly skin, not a full feather coat. While some smaller relatives had filamento...

The last aurochs, an ancestor of modern cattle, vanished in Poland in 1627. However, a groundbreaking scientific effort is bringing these m...

After over two decades of study, scientists have officially named Daturodendron absconditum, a new genus of tree discovered in the Colombia...

A 150-year-old fossil, Prototaxites, once thought to be a giant fungus or plant, is now believed to be an entirely extinct lineage of compl...

Scientists have long debated the identity of Prototaxites, a towering organism from Earth's ancient past. New research suggests it was neit...

Researchers discovered a 16-million-year-old ant in Dominican amber. The ant, Basiceros enana, is the smallest of its kind. It shows the an...

A study led by the University of Birmingham reveals that human-induced bird extinctions over 1,30,000 years have dramatically reduced birds...

E. woodii is a member of the cycad family, heavy plants with thick trunks and large stiff leaves that form a majestic crown. These resilien...

Vasuki, the ancient big snake from India, was a slow-moving ambush predator that subdued prey through constriction. It lived 47 million yea...

Many reptiles are being pushed to the brink, the researchers said, by factors similarly imperiling the world's other land vertebrates - amp...

Toronto, July 31 (IANS) Bacteria do become extinct at substantial rates, finds a new study, contradicting widely held scientific thinking t...

L0ondon, May 12 (IANS) Scientists have recovered oldest viral genomes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and found that the deadly virus has been c...

Washington, July 5 (IANS) Scientists have discovered fossils belonging to an ancient, extinct crocodile relative that has deep and massive ...

The species name, astropulvis, translates from Latin to 'star dust'.

In computer simulations, they connected neural networks to simulated robotic legs with the goal of evolving a robot that could walk smoothl...

According to the study, an analysis of the ancient specimen, named Manipulator modificaputis, suggests that it was a predatory insect, like...