For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai— an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now ...

From ancient sea creatures to resilient land animals, some species have traversed ... fish that have existed for about 410 million years. Found around 2,300 feet below sea level, they are among ...

For nearly 30 million years, a 2,000-pound beast known as the entelodont ruled a sweeping empire from Mongolia to what is now ...

While many of Earth’s earliest life forms have long since gone extinct, some animals ... years ago. Found only in the forests of Borneo, this unique lizard stands out due to its ancient ...

The sperm dates back 100 million years and belongs to an ancient ostracod, a relative of millimeter-long crustaceans still alive today. It’s almost 50 ... The researchers found a tangled clump of ...

They found that, unlike pre-modern birds that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods (201.3 million to 66 million years ago), V. iaai has features that are similar to birds that exist ...

Archeologists are reconstructing the history of the ancient ... Animals were also revered in Teotihuacán, with evidence that they were given as gifts, sacrificed, or venerated. Many of the ...