SCOTT CITY, Kan. (KSNW) — A recent collaboration between the Scott County Hospital, a local lab, and a museum may provide new insights into prehistoric life in Kansas. The El Quartelejo Museum and ...

Over 300 million years ago, a minnow-sized fish died and fell to the bottom of a prehistoric swamp near the village of Trawden, Lancashire, in northwest England. The remains of this tiny fish—known as ...

Archaeopteryx is the fossil that proved Darwin right. It's the oldest known fossil bird, and it helps show that all birds— including the ones alive today—are dinosaurs. And while the first ...

Advanced CT scans have revealed that fossils long believed to be Japan’s oldest human remains are actually from a brown bear. The Ushikawa bones, unearthed in the 1950s and dated to over 20,000 years ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American A complete thighbone would be an especially ...

Anyone who has ever squirmed through a dental cleaning can tell you how sensitive teeth can be. This sensitivity gives important feedback about temperature, pressure—and yes, pain—as we bite and chew ...

A 3D model of the head of the newly named 67 million-year-old fossil fish, Acronichthys maccagnoi, based on CT scans. The skull bones are brightly colored while the ribs and backbones of the spine are ...

Archaeopteryx is the fossil that proved Darwin right. It’s the oldest known fossil bird, and it helps show that all birds— including the ones alive today— are dinosaurs. And while the first ...