Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

Researchers were able to date the fossil of the flying reptile, a close cousin of dinosaurs, back to more than 209 million ...

From DNA sequencing to fingerprint analysis, forensic scientists are using groundbreaking new tools to stop animal ...

The balance of different varieties of atoms inside a person’s teeth can reveal a week-by-week record of rainfall and protein ...

A new handheld microscope lets scientists monitor coral health in real time, underwater, without harming reefs.

For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

The team named the new pterosaur species Eotephradactylus mcintireae. The generic name means ‘ash-winged dawn goddess’ and references the site’s volcanic ash and the animals’ position near the base of ...

Had a mechanical engineer designed the human frame, he would no doubt have built the jaws after the fashion of a nut cracker, with the muscles placed at the ends of the jaw levers, and the teeth ...