A team of researchers say variations they spotted in an examination of Tyrannosaurus fossils warranted the recognition of two additional species:T. imperator,meaning “tyrant lizard emperor,” and T. regina,meaning “tyrant lizard queen”.
Scientists say well-preserved fish fossils are providing a deeper understanding of one of the worst days in the history of life on Earth.
Using new techniques,scientists have dated human remains to about 10,000 years earlier than previous finds in Europe.
As early hominids,we ran to stay alive. Millennia later,feeling exhilarated by the need for speed,we just can’t stop.
A new study has shown for the first time that killer whales successfully hunted and killed blue whales on three separate occasions off the coast of Western Australia.
In a remarkable life,Richard Leakey discovered hundreds of fossils,helped to preserve Africa’s wildlife and became an internationally renowned academic and philanthropist.
Researchers have discovered snakes and apes have been locked in a deadly biological arms race,the effects of which can be seen in humans today.
The blue-tongued lizard has developed defences that make it almost impervious to red-bellied black snake venom,scientists have discovered.
Giraffes’ complex social networks are an anomaly in the animal kingdom,where an individual’s worth is based solely on their ability to reproduce and pass on their genes.
The fragments of a skull and a lower jaw with teeth are 120,000 to 140,000 years old and could force a rethink of parts of the human family tree.
Females don’t hit sexual maturity until their late 50s,a new study said,and maybe strangest of all,they are pregnant for a long time.