As ships return to the Strait of Hormuz, mines, sonar, and congestion continue to reshape the Gulf beneath the surface.

Animal life began in aquatic environments more than 600 million years ago. Around 500 million years ago, during the Cambrian ...

Newfound fossils from China suggest that complex animals were around millions of years earlier than thought, among them ...

Scientists have found post-research homes for dogs, cats, rats, and many other kinds of animals, but adopting them out does ...

Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognizably simple animals to the complex creatures that ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in southwest China is rewriting the story of how complex animal life began, showing that many key animal groups appeared millions of years earlier than scientists once ...

Many people remember officers, generals, and decorated soldiers when they think of war history. That focus makes sense ...

Until now, there was a conflict in the field of paleontology. Genetic analysis of how fast traits mutated and evolved suggested that humans and starfish had their earliest common ancestor in the ...

Learn how firefighters train to rescue pets and livestock safely when fire, smoke, and chaos put animals in danger.

The animal kingdom is no stranger to astonishing abilities, including the remarkable power to regenerate lost or damaged body ...

CEO of Hong Kong Technology Venture Company says research meant to alleviate elderly patients’ suffering, after protests ...