Micro-organisms constitute a very antique group of living organisms which appeared on the Earth's surface almost 3000 million years ago.

Dinosaur skeletons often dominate museum halls, from the towering Tyrannosaurus rex known as Sue in Chicago to Sophie the Stegosaurus in London. These fossils shape how you picture dinosaurs.

For more than half a century, some of Earth’s strangest fossils looked like they had washed in from an alien world.

Grooves carved deep into a limestone cliff above Italy’s Adriatic coast have triggered renewed interest in the region’s tectonic and paleontological history. First spotted by climbers, the markings ...

In the early 1990s, Keith Willmott and a friend, both undergraduate students from the United Kingdom, arrived in Ecuador with ...

Illinois’ four-game win streak will be put to the test on Sunday against No. 19 Iowa (11 a.m. CT, FOX). The Hawkeyes (12-3, 2-2 Big Ten), surely extra-motivated following their unexpected road loss at ...

The Hawkeyes have started the 2025-26 season hot, but they haven't secured a quality win just yet. The Illini would be one of those wins if they can secure their home court. Illinois has a tough task ...

Yet, they flagged, despite seasonality favoring stocks in the short term, three key questions are still swirling around equities. One revolves around the evolution of geopolitics and the potential ...

International Zebra Day is observed every year on January 31 to raise awareness about one of Africa’s most striking and ...

Public consultations start Wednesday on an ambitious project being sold as a nation-building "generational investment." But big questions remain about the planned high-speed rail corridor between ...

Many mammal populations in European and North American zoos are aging – a trend that jeopardizes the long-term viability of so-called reserve ...

US federal investigators will face a host of thorny questions in determining whether the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal agent in Minneapolis last week was justified, experts have told the BBC.