An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around ...

Now, thanks to ancient DNA and a sculptor’s art, we can meet her again.

From cosmic rays to CT scans, radiation surrounds us but not all exposure is dangerous. Here’s how to separate fact from fear ...

An exhibition at the National Gallery of Art explores the work of 16th- and 17th-century artists who captured nature’s ...

In the iron-rich rocks of McGraths Flat, New South Wales, researchers have uncovered a 15-million-year-old freshwater fish fossil. Named , this specimen belongs to a group of fish still found in ...

Fish make hanging motionless in the water column look effortless, and scientists had long assumed that this meant that it was ...

Hovering fish aren’t loafing—they burn twice resting energy to make micro-fin tweaks that counteract a natural tendency to ...

Manitoba is well-known for its fossil record, including the fossil-filled, world-famous Ordovician-aged Tyndall Stone and the ...

Its skeleton has just gone on permanent display in the Natural History Museum's Earth Hall, joining Sophie the Stegosaurus, also excavated in the Morrison Formation. The dinosaur is an entirely ...

Science News: A recent study reveals that fish, including rainbow trout, experience intense pain for several minutes when killed using common methods like air asphy ...

Scientists have long assumed that fish save energy by swimming in neat diamond formations, but a new study using advanced 3D ...

Meet Sphenodraco scandentis, a tree-dwelling, lizard-like reptile that roamed around with the dinosaurs during the Late ...