An exceptionally rare porcupine fossil skeleton found in Florida has helped to resolve a long-standing evolutionary mystery. The research, published in the journal Current Biology, sheds new light on ...

Human evolution is often told as a tidy story of adaptation, yet some of our most familiar body parts still defy straightforward explanation. From the jut of the human chin to the curve of the outer ...

In a part of Romania better known for myth than science, a dense collection of fossils has emerged as one of the most revealing windows into prehistoric life in Europe. Tucked within the Hațeg Basin ...