The asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs didn’t keep life down for long. New research shows that microscopic plankton began evolving into new species within just a few thousand years—and ...

A father-daughter duo, fossil hunting on a Somerset beach, found the jawbone of Ichthyotitan severnensis, a 25-metre sea ...

An extinct relative of the howler monkey may have been the first leaf-eating primate in South and Central America ...

Scientists have described an exciting discovery: two marsupials that modern science thought to be extinct are still alive in ...

A prehistoric viper discovered in Greece may have outweighed today’s king cobra. Fossils suggest this ancient snake was ...

Sometimes, nature delivers a surprise that feels almost miraculous. Scientists have confirmed that two small marsupial ...

Researchers say the remarkable discoveries were made using fossils, photos, and the knowledge of Indigenous communities. The ...

In 2026, two tiny marsupials that were long written off as extinct were found alive in one of Earth's most remote and biodiverse regions.

A team of researchers from Australia has found evidence that two marsupial species are still alive in the deep rainforests of Papua, Indonesia.

Scientists have confirmed that two marsupial species, known only from ancient fossils for more than 7,000 years, are still alive in New Guinea—discovered through a combination of Indigenous ...

Thirteen million years ago, a medium-sized monkey known for guarding its territory among the treetops with a fearsome “howl” started doing something new. This monkey, one of the oldest known ancestors ...

Learn about two marsupial species discovered in New Guinea that were thought to have been extinct for 6,000 years.