“The beauty of some of that anatomy is so striking ... “until you start looking at a skeleton.” Emily Anthes is a science reporter, writing primarily about animal health and science.

Scientists have discovered a strange new toad species smaller than a fingernail in a rainforest in northeast Brazil, shedding ...

The fossilized leg bone of a giant “terror bird” discovered in Colombia provides new insights into ancient South American ecosystems, suggesting the bird was a major predator in a once-lush region ...

The world’s second-smallest vertebrate has been discovered—a tiny flea toad living on the forest floor in a Brazilian ...

The fossil was on display in a museum, but unlabeled and hidden right under paleontologists’ noses for 20 years.

The dolphin skull is strongly compressed, making the examination of its anatomy particularly difficult ... A 22 ...

A recent study by Harvard reveals that the evolutionary transition to an upright posture in mammals was complex and occurred ...

Terror birds were apex predators some 12 million years ago in South America. A newly published discovery could be the largest ...

Led by the University of Cambridge, a team of researchers will use ‘palaeo-inspired robotics’ as an experimental approach to ...

A fossil of a tadpole from Argentina is 161 million years old - and isn't that different from some modern species ...

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They’ve been found everywhere from California to New England to Florida, where they can be as big as 14 pounds! No, thank you ...