After studying rocks more than 541 million years old, MIT scientists have found new evidence that some of Earth’s first ...

From the caves of Ice Age France to the stone enclosures of southeastern Turkey, a recurring tradition of human animal hybrids hints at trance, costume, and shamanic journeys at the dawn of culture.

While Mother Nature continues to amaze us every day, some wildlife surprises can go from fascinating to straight-up ...

The oldest fossilized remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...