Today, the Arabian Gulf is home to manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs that shape the seafloor as they graze on ...

A major international study published in the peer-reviewed open-access journal, PeerJ, has formally identified a new species ...

The findings suggest that sea cows have been engineering ecosystems in the Persian Gulf for tens of millions of years ...

By Will Dunham Dec 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans ...

On a gray morning in Mongolia, paleontologist Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig discovered a dome-shaped skull.

Today, the Arabian Gulf is home to manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs that shape the seafloor as they graze on ...

Move over dinosaurs, Australia is pitching its oversized megafauna as its latest “dangerous” tourist attraction.

Excited scientists announced Wednesday they have discovered evidence in the UK of humans deliberately making fire 400,000 ...

The human use of fire, attested by evidence from Africa, goes back around 1.6m years. But, hitherto, the oldest signs of ...

Heat-reddened clay, fire-cracked stone, and fragments of pyrite mark where Neanderthals gathered around a campfire 400,000 ...

The Kola Superdeep Borehole was the USSR’s bold attempt to probe Earth’s crust during the Cold War, drilling over 12 km down ...