Field crews in Wyoming uncovered not one but four snake fossils so intact that their skulls, ribs, and tails lay in ...

Entomologist Dr. Jessica Ware joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the world of insects. Are cockroaches so resilient that they'd survive a nuclear war? Why do praying mantis ...

Every two-word combination must be unique. Called binomial nomenclature, this naming system was popularized by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the 1700s. So, humans are Homo sapiens, the red maple ...

North America's deepest gorge, Hells Canyon, which slithers along the border of Idaho and Oregon, is a surprisingly new ...

With their jagged pinnacles, saw-toothed peaks and bare rock walls, the Dolomites offer some of the most dramatic scenery of ...

The basement floor archive and laboratories now house 1.5 million specimens of ancient life in San Diego County ...

A 183-million-year-old fossil with preserved skin and scales is rewriting everything we thought we knew about how ancient sea ...

Fossil tracks from Australia reveal reptiles appeared 40 million years earlier than thought. The origin of reptiles on Earth ...

A rare fossil uncovered in southern China reveals a creature with a neck longer than its body and tail combined. This ancient marine reptile’s unique anatomy challenges what we know about prehistoric ...

A 183-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil unveils rare skin details, reshaping our understanding of ancient marine life.

By studying proteins preserved in teeth, researchers determined the sex of four Paranthropus robustus individuals that lived ...

A visit to the northernmost region in Europe’s northernmost country offers a window into how to make electric vehicles the ...