In an exclusive interview with POLITICO, the outgoing Colombian president argues the war on drugs has failed and fires back ...

A fossil tyrannosaur pulled from the badlands of southern New Mexico has forced paleontologists to rethink when giant ...

The two marsupials were found living in the remote rainforests on the Vogelkop Peninsula of New Guinea.

A prehistoric viper discovered in Greece may have outweighed today’s king cobra. Fossils suggest this ancient snake was massive. What do scientists know about Laophis crotaloides and its mysterious ...

Scientists have rediscovered two tiny creatures thought extinct for more than 7,000 years in the forests of New Guinea ...

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

For thousands of years, scientists knew of two tiny marsupials in New Guinea only through fossils and local legend. Researchers had long considered these species extinct. However, a team recently ...

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 ...

How a collection of London pigeons and Galápagos mockingbirds provided the receipts for Darwin’s biggest ideas.

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.

It began with red paint at the UK Treasury, and ended in one of the most successful international climate initiatives.