A university student on a fossil-hunting field trip in Dorset made a stunning discovery: a 145-million-year-old jawbone ...

Researchers have sequenced proteins from an ancient rhino relative from the cold, dry Haughton crater site (shown) in the ...

Molecules from the 20-million-year-old teeth of a rhino relative are among the oldest ever sequenced, opening tantalizing ...

Scientists have shed new light on the rhino family tree after recovering a protein sequence from a fossilized tooth from more ...

Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel ...

Hitan" in Arabic, holds more than 400 primitive whale skeletons that offer a snapshot of the evolution of these creatures ...

Definitive studies on the response of marine mammals to anthropogenic sound are hampered by the short surface time and deep-diving lifestyle of many species. A novel archival tag, called the DTAG, has ...

Over the years, gigs have been halted for all sorts of reasons: technical problems, dangerous crowd surges, even fights on stage (hello Jane’s Addiction). Country star LeAnn Rimes seems to have ...

Rhino. Image via Unsplash Another remarkable aspect of rhinoceroses as living fossils is their lineage’s survival through multiple mass extinction events. Since their emergence in the Eocene, rhinos ...

Discover the pangolin, the world's most trafficked mammal. Learn unique facts, why their scales are used, if nocturnal, and urgent conservation efforts.

As the only known mammal that both lays eggs and produces milk, it represents a fascinating intermediate stage in the evolution of reproductive strategies, providing scientists with invaluable ...

LA County approves up to $700,000 to sea mammal rescue center to address toxic poisoning crisis Nonprofits attending to record number of sick, dying dolphins, seals and whales on LA County coast ...