Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and ...

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now ...

A newly published study provides insight into the death of an elephant and the lives of the scavengers that fed on it ...

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...

Newly discovered African fossils lend a hand to suspicions that an ancient hominid outside our own genus, Homo, made and used stone and bone tools.

‘Dwarf'-like sea creature found on coral reef. It's an ‘iridescent' new species As the tide recedes from the Bay of Rest, mud ...

Decades after the discovery of the Oldowan toolkit, we’re still waiting for the species responsible to put their hand up.

The incredible 220-meter-long trail of footprints was left behind by a massive, herbivorous dinosaur species. It’s always a ...

Global warming is crossing dangerous thresholds sooner than expected with the world's coral reefs now in an almost ...