Another paradigm shift is needed for understanding human evolution. Following ladders and bushes, welcome the era of braided streams.

The enormous Quaternary avian megafauna of Madagascar, the "elephant birds", have intrigued natural historians for centuries, inspiring mythical...

Ichthyosaurs are icons of evolution. Descended from terrestrial reptiles, they became masters of the open oceans before disappearing abruptly.

Watching evolution at work in the first man-made geological epoch.

Knowledge of prehistoric “monsters” that lived underground is rooted in centuries of oral history, folklore, and languages of Siberian tribes...

In 2016, the jaw bone of a 205 million-year-old giant ichthyosaur was collected from Somerset, UK. It approached the size of a blue whale and...

The world's best vanilla comes from Madagascar, the mouflon is the national symbol of Cyprus, the dingo is the native wild...

From deep under the sea to unexplored forests, numerous new species of living animals and plants are found each year. Similarly, lots of new fossil...

The second specimen of a rare British Jurassic ichthyosaur has been 'found' in a private collection and donated to a museum.

Madagascar, sometimes known as "the red island", is the world’s fourth-largest island and home to an unusually large number of unique...