Learn how artificial intelligence is helping reinterpret dinosaur footprints, including bird-like tracks that blur the line ...

When you hear the word "dinosaur," the first thing that might spring to mind is a hulking skeleton like Sue the T rex in ...

Plastic pollution could double its harm to human health in the coming decades if current production trends continue, according to a new study that links rising risks directly to the manufacture of new ...

Twenty years ago "An Inconvenient Truth" received a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival. Though it was full of ...

A large comparative study of primate teeth shows that grooves once linked to ancient human tooth-picking can form naturally, while some common modern dental problems appear uniquely human.

A recently discovered fossil dating back 2.6 million years could fundamentally change our understanding of human evolution ...

Of the world's top three producers, the U.S. has an Environmental Performance Index more than 9 points higher than the global ...

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet scientists still debate why we evolved it. Here’s a breakdown of what we ...

“Hundreds of fossils representing over a dozen species of Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, and Homo had been found in the Afar ...

That makes Liang Metanduno the home of the oldest known artwork in the world, beating the previous contender (a Neanderthal ...

A rare fossil discovery in Ethiopia has pushed the known range of Paranthropus hundreds of miles farther north than ever before. The 2.6-million-year-old jaw suggests this ancient relative of humans ...