A Carnegie Museum of Natural History paleontologist co-led the discovery of a new predatory dinosaur species, Jian ...

For decades, raptors have been seen as fast, fierce predators racing after prey. Movies helped make that image famous, but fossils continue to show that dinosaurs were often more diverse than we once ...

Royal Oak — Children ran with reckless abandon through a new exhibit at the Detroit Zoo on Friday that offers a rare opportunity for hands-on experiences, such as petting goats and touching stingrays.

In 2016, during the dry season in northeastern Thailand, water levels in a communal pond in Chaiyaphum province receded enough to expose the bank. A local resident noticed a pile of large bones. The ...

Space discoveries over the last five years have transformed how scientists understand galaxies, planets, and the origins of the universe. Advances in telescope technology, data processing, and modern ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising secret hidden inside fat cells that could reshape how we think about obesity and metabolic disease. A protein called HSL, long believed to simply release stored ...

A guide to walking, a look at the world’s Google searches and a deep dive into the secrets of our DNA are some of the topics tackled by the popular science books out this month ...

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which HIV-1 can infect resting immune cells. The discovery challenges a decades-old assumption in HIV ...

(RNS) — An international research team has recovered 42 lost pages from Codex H, a sixth-century Greek New Testament manuscript of St. Paul’s letters, using multispectral imaging and carbon dating.

A new documentary exploring mankind's biggest questions about the origin of the universe and whether science points to a creator will open in theaters nationwide this week. In "The Story of Everything ...

Researchers found geological features that suggest a massive ocean once covered a third of the planet. NASA's Curiosity rover discovered seven organic molecules never before seen on Mars. These ...

A growing number of discoveries are reshaping long-held ideas about human evolution, from unexpectedly early stone tools to new extinct human species and surprising evidence of ancient behavior once ...