Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo ...

An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs ... Scientists named the new wasp Sirenobethylus charybdis, partly for ...

It's known as Wakayama Soryu, which means "blue dragon", and has some features similar ... and discovered unusual physical traits of this ancient marine predator. This specific mosasaur was ...

A jawbone dredged up from the seafloor off Taiwan belongs to an ancient human species known as Denisovans, protein fragments ...

Sea dragons are some of the most ornately camouflaged creatures on the planet. Adorned with gossamer, leaf-shaped appendages over their entire bodies, they are perfectly outfitted to blend in with ...

The weedy sea dragon, also called the common sea dragon, inhabits the waters off south and east Australia. Compared to the leafy sea dragon, weedies have less flamboyant projections and are ...

A new virtual reality experience uses the bones of a sea dragon to recreate life in Jurassic waters ... viewers anywhere in the world can get a close look at the ancient reptile. Palaeontologists have ...

The festival that we celebrate today, however, is believed to be inspired by an ancient myth, about the poet Qu Yuan. Dragon boat racing isn't as easy as it looks: here's what it take to compete ...