The key to explaining why some dinosaurs were so big may lie in the structure of their bones and joints.
A skull dating back 1.8 million years has offered new insights in to the story of human evolution.
A fossilized mosquito filled with blood has been found that dates back over 46 million years.
Scientists in China have discovered the earliest known creature that possesses a distinct face.
A veritable treasure trove of dinosaur footprints has been found along the side of Alaska's Yukon river.
Scientists have played down the idea that dinosaur DNA can be extracted from insects preserved in amber.
New evidence suggests that climate change, not human hunting, was responsible for wiping out mammoths.
Once thought to have been a vicious predator, the 7ft terror bird was actually a harmless plant-eater.
The monstrous 16m-long Leedsichthys problematicus would have swam the ocean 160 million years ago.