The Mesozoic Era extinctions formed the world as we know it today. Read about what caused them and which animals survived.

Should riding a horse on Atlanta streets be illegal? An animal rights group sure thinks so, especially after one was found dead downtown. Billions of cicadas from Brood XIV are ready to emerge ...

The fossil find includes at least 19 individuals of the species Buettnererpeton bakeri, which were as large as adult ...

New research painted a more accurate picture of the megafauna that spread widely around the Americas before they went extinct ...

Scientists from the UK recently conducted a detailed re-examination of a fossilized Prototaxites species found in ...

Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...

Since Prototaxites were discovered in the fossil record in 1843, scientists have debated whether they were early land plants, giant fungi, algae, or a whole new kingdom of life. Some of these options ...

For several years, coastal communities in Edéa, Cameroon, have been campaigning for the return of land they say Socapalm ... in its fight against palm oil giant Socapalm. For several years ...

Invasive species wreak havoc on local ecosystems, destroying entire swaths of land and threatening biodiversity. As a result, removing these species is necessary for preserving native plants and ...

Researchers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute noticed the sea spider, the size of a dinner plate, about 2km beneath the icy ...

Sometimes, it is an enigma: in the 2000s a “small caged mammal” appeared, unexpectedly, in the ONS’s calculations. The basket itself, in its modern form, was born in 1947. The political mood ...