A local museum will soon have a skull recreation on display of an ancient creature that hasn’t even been officially named yet ...

Researchers have unearthed fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human relative dating to 1.52 million years ...

THE first-ever fossil skull of a Stegodon — an extinct relative of modern elephants — was discovered by a local in Solana, ...

Lead exposure may have spelled evolutionary success for humans—and extinction for our ancient cousins—but other scientists ...

Long before factories, mines, and cars filled the air with pollution, our distant ancestors were already living with a silent ...

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) - The Idaho Museum of Natural History is bringing people back in time for a chance to check out some ...

Instantly recognizable by their spiral shells, these ancient predators were relatives of modern squid and octopuses. Because ...

Researchers have uncovered remains of several mammals, birds, and many more creatures from the Can Mata landfill in Spain.

A strange Cambrian fossil named Salterella may hold the key to understanding how early animals first built skeletons. As the season of skeletons approaches, it’s worth remembering that the real “age ...

Long before humans built cities or wrote words, our ancestors may have faced a hidden threat that shaped who we became.

Research reveals that ancient Homo sapiens and Neanderthals encountered unexpected levels of lead exposure, shaping how our ...