Astrophysicists have discovered a potentially star-forming cloud that is one of the largest single structures in the sky and among the closest to the sun and Earth ever to be detected. The scientists ...

It took just 27 years for us to discover, formally describe, and drive a sea cow species to extinction. The Steller’s sea cow ...

A fossil unearthed along the coast of England was identified as a new species of a renowned “sword dragon” reptile that dominated the sea during the Jurassic Period. The nearly complete ichthyosaur ...

Chinese scientists discovered a novel strain of bacterium with “unique abilities” that allowed it to thrive on the Tiangong Space Station, according to a report. The newly named Niallia tiangongensis ...

A Colorado museum hit the Jurassic jackpot. A team of scientists at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science discovered a dinosaur fossil hundreds of feet beneath the building's parking lot earlier ...

Trove of fossils discovered in Canada sheds light on "when life first became large, complex and unmistakenly animal." ...

Even though we’ve recorded tens of thousands of marine creatures over the decades and scientists are discovering new species ...