Encouraging a move from fossil fuels to electricity could give families 'breathing space' on cost of living, analysis ...

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong anatomical evidence that Sahelanthropus tchadensis was bipedal, including a ...

Instead of hunting big game or wielding fire, the hobbit-like hominin Homo floresiensis likely scavenged leftovers of prey ...

There are currently 15 well-documented Late Pleistocene localities in North America in which Clovis points are found ...

Some adventures are better when you leave with dirt on your hands and a story in your pocket. Pennsylvania has places where fossils, crystals, and natural treasures are still waiting beneath the ...

The South East's biggest coastal town is packed with history, seafaring traditions, picturesque precincts and traditional ...

New Mexico's carved hoodoos, expansive badlands, and rising mesas feel like they belong in another world, far away from the American Southwest.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Researchers studying fossils from Spain have identified a prehistoric "bear-dog" that offers new clues about ...

A Kansas boy searching for fossils during a geology club field trip stumbled onto something far bigger than expected: the remains of a 15-foot-long marine reptile that swam an ancient sea 85 million ...

Many animals, including humans, rely on their eyes to detect changes in their surroundings. The eyes of vertebrates, animals with a backbone or a similar supporting structure, contain a transparent ...

An unexpected haul of nearly 500 fossilized fish in Egypt provides an unprecedented picture of how sea life rebounded from the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. Illustration of the diversity of 62.2 ...

It’s massive, it’s fearsome, and it’s about to make a dent on the auction block. Come July, a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil is making its way to Sotheby’s New York, with a colossal estimate to match. The ...